SQM vs. VALE, CCJ, TECK, SUM, KNF, NXE, HBM, MP, AESI, and NGD
Should you be buying Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile include Vale (VALE), Cameco (CCJ), Teck Resources (TECK), Summit Materials (SUM), Knife River (KNF), NexGen Energy (NXE), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), MP Materials (MP), Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI), and New Gold (NGD). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile vs.
Vale (NYSE:VALE) and Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (NYSE:SQM) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.
Vale received 420 more outperform votes than Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.99% of users gave Vale an outperform vote while only 56.04% of users gave Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile an outperform vote.
Vale has a net margin of 22.59% compared to Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's net margin of -6.74%. Vale's return on equity of 21.07% beat Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's return on equity.
Vale has higher revenue and earnings than Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vale, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Vale has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Vale pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.3%. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Vale pays out 42.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile pays out -12.6% 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.
21.9% of Vale shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.4% of Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Vale had 5 more articles in the media than Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Vale and 2 mentions for Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Vale's score of 0.45 indicating that Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Vale presently has a consensus price target of $13.89, suggesting a potential upside of 55.33%. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has a consensus price target of $45.56, suggesting a potential upside of 13.41%. Given Vale's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Vale is more favorable than Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile.
Summary
Vale beats Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SQM) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
