SCCO vs. FCX, RIO, VALE, BHP, VNTRQ, VNTR, ECL, APD, NEM, and NUE
Should you be buying Southern Copper stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Southern Copper include Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), Rio Tinto Group (RIO), Vale (VALE), BHP Group (BHP), Venator Materials (VNTRQ), Venator Materials (VNTR), Ecolab (ECL), Air Products and Chemicals (APD), Newmont (NEM), and Nucor (NUE). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE:FCX) and Southern Copper (NYSE:SCCO) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation and institutional ownership.
Freeport-McMoRan received 712 more outperform votes than Southern Copper when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.49% of users gave Freeport-McMoRan an outperform vote while only 56.38% of users gave Southern Copper an outperform vote.
80.8% of Freeport-McMoRan shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.9% of Southern Copper shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Freeport-McMoRan shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Southern Copper shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Freeport-McMoRan had 18 more articles in the media than Southern Copper. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Freeport-McMoRan and 10 mentions for Southern Copper. Freeport-McMoRan's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Southern Copper's score of 0.71 indicating that Southern Copper is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Southern Copper has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Freeport-McMoRan. Southern Copper is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Freeport-McMoRan, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Freeport-McMoRan pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Southern Copper pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Freeport-McMoRan pays out 26.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Southern Copper pays out 1.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Freeport-McMoRan currently has a consensus price target of $51.00, suggesting a potential downside of 5.96%. Southern Copper has a consensus price target of $90.50, suggesting a potential downside of 27.80%. Given Southern Copper's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Freeport-McMoRan is more favorable than Southern Copper.
Southern Copper has a net margin of 24.20% compared to Southern Copper's net margin of 6.97%. Freeport-McMoRan's return on equity of 30.44% beat Southern Copper's return on equity.
Freeport-McMoRan has a beta of 2.02, meaning that its stock price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Southern Copper has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Freeport-McMoRan beats Southern Copper on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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