SQM vs. CCJ, TECK, SUM, MP, KNF, NGD, HBM, NXE, LEU, and TTAM
Should you be buying Sociedad Quimica y Minera stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sociedad Quimica y Minera include Cameco (CCJ), Teck Resources (TECK), Summit Materials (SUM), MP Materials (MP), Knife River (KNF), New Gold (NGD), HudBay Minerals (HBM), NexGen Energy (NXE), Centrus Energy (LEU), and Titan America (TTAM). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.
Sociedad Quimica y Minera vs. Its Competitors
Sociedad Quimica y Minera (NYSE:SQM) and Cameco (NYSE:CCJ) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Sociedad Quimica y Minera has higher revenue and earnings than Cameco. Sociedad Quimica y Minera is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cameco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sociedad Quimica y Minera currently has a consensus price target of $41.14, indicating a potential upside of 10.97%. Cameco has a consensus price target of $80.65, indicating a potential upside of 10.46%. Given Sociedad Quimica y Minera's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Sociedad Quimica y Minera is more favorable than Cameco.
Sociedad Quimica y Minera has a net margin of 13.45% compared to Cameco's net margin of 7.50%. Sociedad Quimica y Minera's return on equity of 11.71% beat Cameco's return on equity.
In the previous week, Cameco had 11 more articles in the media than Sociedad Quimica y Minera. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Cameco and 11 mentions for Sociedad Quimica y Minera. Cameco's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Sociedad Quimica y Minera's score of -0.08 indicating that Cameco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
12.4% of Sociedad Quimica y Minera shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.2% of Cameco shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Cameco shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Sociedad Quimica y Minera has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cameco has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Cameco beats Sociedad Quimica y Minera on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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.
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This page (NYSE:SQM) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
