SCCO vs. FCX, MTRN, SXC, GSM, CMP, BHP, RIO, VALE, CLF, and HBM
Should you be buying Southern Copper stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Southern Copper include Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), Materion (MTRN), SunCoke Energy (SXC), Ferroglobe (GSM), Compass Minerals International (CMP), BHP Group (BHP), Rio Tinto Group (RIO), Vale (VALE), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), and Hudbay Minerals (HBM).
Southern Copper vs.
Southern Copper (NYSE:SCCO) and Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE:FCX) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and dividends.
Freeport-McMoRan received 724 more outperform votes than Southern Copper when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.17% of users gave Freeport-McMoRan an outperform vote while only 55.74% of users gave Southern Copper an outperform vote.
Southern Copper presently has a consensus price target of $94.81, suggesting a potential downside of 3.35%. Freeport-McMoRan has a consensus price target of $52.42, suggesting a potential upside of 30.20%. Given Freeport-McMoRan's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Freeport-McMoRan is more favorable than Southern Copper.
Southern Copper has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Freeport-McMoRan has a beta of 1.87, meaning that its share price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Southern Copper has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
Southern Copper has a net margin of 27.67% compared to Freeport-McMoRan's net margin of 7.81%. Southern Copper's return on equity of 37.11% beat Freeport-McMoRan's return on equity.
In the previous week, Freeport-McMoRan had 18 more articles in the media than Southern Copper. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Freeport-McMoRan and 8 mentions for Southern Copper. Southern Copper's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Freeport-McMoRan's score of 0.67 indicating that Southern Copper is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Southern Copper pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Freeport-McMoRan pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Southern Copper pays out 72.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Freeport-McMoRan pays out 21.9% 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.
7.9% of Southern Copper shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.8% of Freeport-McMoRan shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Southern Copper shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Freeport-McMoRan shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Freeport-McMoRan beats Southern Copper on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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