MP vs. SQM, SUM, KNF, HBM, NXE, AESI, NGD, LEU, ERO, and SGML
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), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), NexGen Energy (NXE), Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI), New Gold (NGD), Centrus Energy (LEU), Ero Copper (ERO), and Sigma Lithium (SGML). 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 media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and earnings.
In the previous week, MP Materials had 10 more articles in the media than Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for MP Materials and 5 mentions for Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat MP Materials' score of 0.07 indicating that Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MP Materials has a beta of 2.34, suggesting that its share price is 134% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
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.
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile currently has a consensus target price of $45.56, indicating a potential upside of 14.80%. MP Materials has a consensus target price of $22.45, indicating a potential downside of 7.40%. Given Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile is more favorable than MP Materials.
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile received 311 more outperform votes than MP Materials when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.83% of users gave MP Materials an outperform vote while only 56.04% of users gave Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile an outperform vote.
12.4% of Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.6% 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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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This page (NYSE:MP) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
