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$18.37 -0.42 (-2.24%)
(As of 12/17/2024 ET)

MP vs. SQM, SUM, KNF, NXE, HBM, AESI, NGD, ERO, SGML, and LEU

Should you be buying MP Materials stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MP Materials include Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM), Summit Materials (SUM), Knife River (KNF), NexGen Energy (NXE), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI), New Gold (NGD), Ero Copper (ERO), Sigma Lithium (SGML), and Centrus Energy (LEU). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.

MP Materials vs.

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (NYSE:SQM) and MP Materials (NYSE:MP) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and valuation.

In the previous week, MP Materials had 5 more articles in the media than Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for MP Materials and 3 mentions for Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat MP Materials' score of 0.92 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)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
MP Materials
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile received 311 more outperform votes than MP Materials when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.52% of users gave MP Materials an outperform vote while only 56.04% of users gave Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Sociedad Química y Minera de ChileOutperform Votes
371
56.04%
Underperform Votes
291
43.96%
MP MaterialsOutperform Votes
60
64.52%
Underperform Votes
33
35.48%

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MP Materials has a beta of 2.24, suggesting that its stock price is 124% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has higher revenue and earnings than MP Materials. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MP Materials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile$4.77B2.27$923.19M-$1.11-34.18
MP Materials$184.07M16.29$24.31M-$0.54-34.02

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile presently has a consensus price target of $45.56, suggesting a potential upside of 20.09%. MP Materials has a consensus price target of $22.10, suggesting a potential upside of 20.30%. Given MP Materials' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe MP Materials 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)
2.38
MP Materials
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has a net margin of -6.74% compared to MP Materials' net margin of -32.24%. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's return on equity of 16.12% beat MP Materials' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile-6.74% 16.12% 7.15%
MP Materials -32.24%-6.78%-3.39%

12.4% of Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.5% of MP Materials shares are held by institutional investors. 12.6% of MP Materials shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

MP Materials beats Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MP vs. The Competition

MetricMP MaterialsMetal mining IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.00B$7.06B$2.78B$19.60B
Dividend YieldN/A4.57%5.24%3.51%
P/E Ratio-34.028.07118.2643.91
Price / Sales16.2962.52783,571.7617.46
Price / Cash31.9520.3023.4521.72
Price / Book2.402.833.425.46
Net Income$24.31M$551.01M$148.55M$986.21M
7 Day Performance-6.13%-6.68%-2.65%-2.13%
1 Month Performance0.49%-2.25%4.93%1.30%
1 Year Performance1.32%15.94%21.30%16.46%

MP Materials Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MP
MP Materials
2.9324 of 5 stars
$18.37
-2.2%
$22.10
+20.3%
+3.6%$3.00B$184.07M-34.02490
SQM
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile
1.1737 of 5 stars
$37.66
-0.3%
$45.56
+21.0%
-34.5%$10.76B$7.47B-34.037,682
SUM
Summit Materials
2.9112 of 5 stars
$50.80
+0.0%
$50.54
-0.5%
+32.3%$8.92B$2.62B61.935,300Analyst Downgrade
KNF
Knife River
2.0857 of 5 stars
$106.00
+3.6%
$95.33
-10.1%
+65.6%$6.00B$2.89B29.984,389Positive News
NXE
NexGen Energy
1.5219 of 5 stars
$7.39
-1.5%
N/A+8.5%$4.18BN/A50.0077Positive News
HBM
Hudbay Minerals
4.6844 of 5 stars
$8.51
-1.7%
$11.17
+31.2%
+58.8%$3.35B$2.04B37.652,708Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
Positive News
AESI
Atlas Energy Solutions
3.307 of 5 stars
$22.94
-0.9%
$24.67
+7.5%
+31.4%$2.53B$925.76M29.32490Insider Trade
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News
NGD
New Gold
3.4169 of 5 stars
$2.73
-1.4%
$3.41
+25.0%
N/A$2.16B$861.50M138.501,578News Coverage
Positive News
ERO
Ero Copper
4.0407 of 5 stars
$13.77
+0.6%
$26.33
+91.2%
-16.3%$1.42B$464.13M80.533,374
SGML
Sigma Lithium
2.7582 of 5 stars
$11.57
-3.2%
$24.50
+111.8%
-56.4%$1.29B$134.24M-24.90250Positive News
LEU
Centrus Energy
3.4822 of 5 stars
$73.27
+1.2%
$92.00
+25.6%
+45.2%$1.20B$320.20M15.26280Positive News

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