Hudbay Minerals (HBM) Competitors $6.90 0.00 (0.00%) As of 03:58 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock HBM vs. SQM, SUM, KNF, MP, NGD, NXE, TTAM, AESI, ERO, and LEUShould you be buying Hudbay Minerals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hudbay Minerals include Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM), Summit Materials (SUM), Knife River (KNF), MP Materials (MP), New Gold (NGD), NexGen Energy (NXE), Titan America (TTAM), Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI), Ero Copper (ERO), and Centrus Energy (LEU). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry. Hudbay Minerals vs. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile Summit Materials Knife River MP Materials New Gold NexGen Energy Titan America Atlas Energy Solutions Ero Copper Centrus Energy Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (NYSE:SQM) and Hudbay Minerals (NYSE:HBM) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, valuation and earnings. Is SQM or HBM more profitable? Hudbay Minerals has a net margin of 3.80% compared to Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's net margin of -6.74%. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's return on equity of 16.12% beat Hudbay Minerals' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile-6.74% 16.12% 7.15% Hudbay Minerals 3.80%7.29%3.35% Do analysts rate SQM or HBM? Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile currently has a consensus price target of $45.56, suggesting a potential upside of 27.20%. Hudbay Minerals has a consensus price target of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 100.86%. Given Hudbay Minerals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hudbay Minerals is more favorable than Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile 1 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 4 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.38Hudbay Minerals 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 2 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.50 Does the media prefer SQM or HBM? In the previous week, Hudbay Minerals had 6 more articles in the media than Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Hudbay Minerals and 3 mentions for Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Hudbay Minerals' score of 0.82 indicating that Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile 2 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 1 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Hudbay Minerals 4 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 2 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do institutionals & insiders believe in SQM or HBM? 12.4% of Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.8% of Hudbay Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Hudbay Minerals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Which has more volatility and risk, SQM or HBM? Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hudbay Minerals has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Is SQM or HBM a better dividend stock? Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Hudbay Minerals pays an annual dividend of $0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile pays out -10.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hudbay Minerals pays out 5.6% 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. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio. Which has stronger earnings & valuation, SQM or HBM? Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has higher revenue and earnings than Hudbay Minerals. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hudbay Minerals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioSociedad Química y Minera de Chile$4.53B2.26$923.19M-$1.40-25.59Hudbay Minerals$2.02B1.36$66.37M$0.1838.72 Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SQM or HBM? Hudbay Minerals received 160 more outperform votes than Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.34% of users gave Hudbay Minerals an outperform vote while only 56.04% of users gave Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformSociedad Química y Minera de ChileOutperform Votes37156.04% Underperform Votes29143.96% Hudbay MineralsOutperform Votes53160.34% Underperform Votes34939.66% SummaryHudbay Minerals beats Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads Get Hudbay Minerals News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for HBM and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart HBM vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricHudbay MineralsMetal mining IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$2.75B$6.46B$2.96B$18.57BDividend Yield0.20%3.88%5.24%4.25%P/E Ratio38.7210.8972.4031.10Price / Sales1.3656.8624,272,056,611,921,400.0026.41Price / Cash6.8421.4824.3217.54Price / Book1.114.385.224.29Net Income$66.37M$605.28M$155.11M$1.02B7 Day Performance10.02%11.86%6.89%4.22%1 Month Performance-9.77%-0.07%1.48%-6.80%1 Year Performance-8.53%3.27%13.45%-0.08% Hudbay Minerals Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)HBMHudbay Minerals3.1624 of 5 stars$6.90flat$14.00+102.9%-9.6%$2.73B$2.02B38.342,500Gap DownSQMSociedad Química y Minera de Chile1.762 of 5 stars$34.68-5.4%$45.56+31.4%-27.4%$9.91B$4.53B-31.246,080SUMSummit Materials0.2907 of 5 stars$52.54+0.2%$50.67-3.6%+28.1%$9.23B$2.62B64.075,300Analyst ForecastHigh Trading VolumeKNFKnife River2.3514 of 5 stars$84.46+0.7%$110.40+30.7%+14.8%$4.78B$2.90B23.864,389Positive NewsMPMP Materials0.9507 of 5 stars$23.97+4.0%$23.61-1.5%+34.5%$3.92B$203.86M-40.63490Options VolumeNews CoverageGap UpNGDNew Gold2.5387 of 5 stars$2.99-0.7%$3.74+25.2%N/A$2.37B$924.50M23.001,570Analyst ForecastPositive NewsNXENexGen Energy0.5364 of 5 stars$4.10-2.0%N/A-42.0%$2.33BN/A27.3060Short Interest ↑Positive NewsTTAMTitan AmericaN/A$11.61-4.8%$17.43+50.1%N/A$2.14B$1.63B0.002,726AESIAtlas Energy Solutions4.5415 of 5 stars$13.85+0.3%$23.83+72.1%-41.4%$1.69B$1.06B17.53490Positive NewsGap UpHigh Trading VolumeEROEro Copper3.6852 of 5 stars$10.08+1.7%$26.33+161.2%-49.3%$1.04B$470.26M59.312,460News CoverageHigh Trading VolumeLEUCentrus Energy2.4424 of 5 stars$58.56+7.6%$143.40+144.9%+48.2%$981.76M$442M13.28280News CoveragePositive NewsGap UpHigh Trading Volume Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile Alternatives Summit Materials Alternatives Knife River Alternatives MP Materials Alternatives New Gold Alternatives NexGen Energy Alternatives Titan America Alternatives Atlas Energy Solutions Alternatives Ero Copper Alternatives Centrus Energy Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:HBM) was last updated on 4/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersWarning: “DOGE Collapse” imminentElon Strikes Back You may already sense that the tide is turning against Elon Musk and DOGE. 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