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$18.28 -0.29 (-1.56%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

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

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 Energy Fuels (UUUU). 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 companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile received 311 more outperform votes than MP Materials when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.13% of users gave MP Materials an outperform vote while only 56.15% of users gave Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Sociedad Química y Minera de ChileOutperform Votes
370
56.15%
Underperform Votes
289
43.85%
MP MaterialsOutperform Votes
59
64.13%
Underperform Votes
33
35.87%

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has a net margin of 0.48% compared to MP Materials' net margin of -32.24%. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's return on equity of 23.15% beat MP Materials' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile0.48% 23.15% 10.43%
MP Materials -32.24%-6.78%-3.39%

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MP Materials has a beta of 2.23, indicating that its stock price is 123% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile currently has a consensus target price of $48.69, indicating a potential upside of 27.65%. MP Materials has a consensus target price of $21.40, indicating a potential upside of 17.07%. Given Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile is more favorable than MP Materials.

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

In the previous week, MP Materials had 5 more articles in the media than Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for MP Materials and 4 mentions for Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile. MP Materials' average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's score of 0.94 indicating that MP Materials is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
MP Materials
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

12.4% of Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.6% of MP Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.6% of MP Materials shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has higher revenue and earnings than MP Materials. MP Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile, 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$7.47B1.46$923.19M$0.11346.73
MP Materials$253.45M11.93$24.31M-$0.54-33.85

Summary

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile and MP Materials tied by winning 9 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$3.02B$7.31B$2.88B$19.82B
Dividend YieldN/A4.11%5.15%3.50%
P/E Ratio-33.8510.54112.6942.14
Price / Sales11.9361.73539,135.1720.65
Price / Cash31.4120.1323.6521.65
Price / Book2.843.103.664.66
Net Income$24.31M$574.17M$149.87M$983.45M
7 Day Performance-6.26%-4.51%-3.53%-2.12%
1 Month Performance-3.84%-6.08%-3.81%-0.47%
1 Year Performance16.66%34.78%27.18%24.69%

MP Materials Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MP
MP Materials
2.8687 of 5 stars
$18.28
-1.6%
$21.40
+17.1%
+16.7%$3.02B$253.45M-33.85490News Coverage
Positive News
SQM
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile
2.2795 of 5 stars
$38.14
+0.6%
N/A-19.5%$10.89B$7.47B346.737,682Upcoming Earnings
SUM
Summit Materials
3.9477 of 5 stars
$48.43
-0.2%
N/A+42.9%$8.50B$2.62B59.065,300Positive News
KNF
Knife River
2.7903 of 5 stars
$94.25
-0.4%
N/A+66.3%$5.34B$2.83B27.014,389Positive News
NXE
NexGen Energy
2.5426 of 5 stars
$7.38
flat
N/A+19.6%$4.17BN/A49.2077Analyst Revision
HBM
Hudbay Minerals
4.6135 of 5 stars
$8.52
-0.1%
N/A+97.7%$3.35B$1.69B37.052,708Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
AESI
Atlas Energy Solutions
4.0233 of 5 stars
$19.95
-1.5%
N/A+21.2%$2.20B$925.76M25.25490Analyst Downgrade
Insider Selling
NGD
New Gold
2.2342 of 5 stars
$2.53
-0.8%
N/AN/A$2.02B$861.50M126.501,578
ERO
Ero Copper
3.4526 of 5 stars
$15.29
-0.9%
N/A+31.0%$1.58B$464.13M89.913,374Short Interest ↑
SGML
Sigma Lithium
3.3238 of 5 stars
$12.94
-1.6%
N/A-51.8%$1.46B$294.50M143.78250Options Volume
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
UUUU
Energy Fuels
2.8322 of 5 stars
$6.64
-1.0%
N/AN/A$1.29B$38.66M-30.16179High Trading Volume

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