Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM) Competitors $34.98 -0.32 (-0.90%) Closing price 04/23/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$35.12 +0.14 (+0.39%) As of 04/23/2025 07:53 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock SQM vs. CCJ, TECK, SUM, KNF, MP, NGD, HBM, NXE, TTAM, and AESIShould 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 Cameco (CCJ), Teck Resources (TECK), Summit Materials (SUM), Knife River (KNF), MP Materials (MP), New Gold (NGD), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), NexGen Energy (NXE), Titan America (TTAM), and Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile vs. Cameco Teck Resources Summit Materials Knife River MP Materials New Gold Hudbay Minerals NexGen Energy Titan America Atlas Energy Solutions Cameco (NYSE:CCJ) and Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (NYSE:SQM) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and dividends. Do analysts rate CCJ or SQM? Cameco presently has a consensus price target of $70.03, indicating a potential upside of 66.90%. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has a consensus price target of $45.43, indicating a potential upside of 29.87%. Given Cameco's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cameco is more favorable than Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Cameco 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 9 Buy rating(s) 3 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.25Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile 1 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 4 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.38 Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CCJ or SQM? 70.2% of Cameco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.4% of Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Cameco shares are held by 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. Which has more volatility & risk, CCJ or SQM? Cameco has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Which has stronger valuation and earnings, CCJ or SQM? Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has higher revenue and earnings than Cameco. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cameco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioCameco$3.14B5.83$267.32M$0.28149.86Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile$4.53B2.21$923.19M-$1.40-24.99 Does the MarketBeat Community favor CCJ or SQM? Cameco received 157 more outperform votes than Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.01% of users gave Cameco an outperform vote while only 56.04% of users gave Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformCamecoOutperform Votes52863.01% Underperform Votes31036.99% Sociedad Química y Minera de ChileOutperform Votes37156.04% Underperform Votes29143.96% Is CCJ or SQM more profitable? Cameco has a net margin of 5.39% compared to Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's net margin of -6.74%. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's return on equity of 16.12% beat Cameco's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Cameco5.39% 4.34% 2.85% Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile -6.74%16.12%7.15% Is CCJ or SQM a better dividend stock? Cameco pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Cameco pays out 42.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile pays out -10.0% 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. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio. Does the media refer more to CCJ or SQM? In the previous week, Cameco had 17 more articles in the media than Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Cameco and 2 mentions for Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat Cameco's score of 1.34 indicating that Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Cameco 15 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile 2 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive SummaryCameco beats Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for SQM and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart SQM vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricSociedad Química y Minera de ChileMining & quarrying of nonmetallic minerals, except fuels IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$9.99B$5.58B$2.99B$18.66BDividend Yield0.42%0.94%5.21%4.16%P/E Ratio-31.5130.9674.4131.63Price / Sales2.2114.6422,957,190,387,247,900.0027.49Price / Cash5.6515.7924.3317.53Price / Book2.232.515.214.36Net Income$923.19M$289.19M$154.82M$1.02B7 Day Performance0.18%0.70%0.61%1.58%1 Month Performance-19.11%-1.74%2.00%-7.33%1 Year Performance-19.14%-3.06%17.01%1.81% Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)SQMSociedad Química y Minera de Chile1.882 of 5 stars$34.98-0.9%$45.43+29.9%-21.9%$9.99B$4.53B-31.516,080Positive NewsGap UpCCJCameco4.0739 of 5 stars$41.28+1.1%$70.03+69.6%-13.8%$17.97B$3.14B147.432,100Upcoming EarningsPositive NewsGap UpTECKTeck Resources4.7673 of 5 stars$33.76+0.5%$64.11+89.9%-23.5%$16.71B$9.07B61.3812,100Gap UpSUMSummit Materials0.2874 of 5 stars$52.54+0.2%$50.67-3.6%+32.8%$9.23B$2.62B64.075,300Upcoming EarningsHigh Trading VolumeKNFKnife River2.3952 of 5 stars$94.20+1.3%$110.40+17.2%+14.2%$5.34B$2.90B26.614,389News CoveragePositive NewsGap UpMPMP Materials0.8265 of 5 stars$27.63+21.8%$23.61-14.5%+44.5%$4.52B$203.86M-46.83490Gap UpHigh Trading VolumeNGDNew Gold3.309 of 5 stars$3.58+0.3%$3.85+7.5%N/A$2.83B$924.50M27.541,570Gap DownHBMHudbay Minerals2.9369 of 5 stars$6.90flat$14.00+102.9%-6.0%$2.73B$2.02B38.342,500Gap UpNXENexGen Energy0.5104 of 5 stars$4.61-0.6%N/A-36.7%$2.62BN/A30.7460Positive NewsTTAMTitan AmericaN/A$11.94+1.9%$17.43+46.0%N/A$2.20B$1.63B0.002,726Analyst ForecastAESIAtlas Energy Solutions4.4926 of 5 stars$13.54-1.7%$22.94+69.5%-39.1%$1.65B$1.06B17.14490Positive NewsGap Up Related Companies and Tools Related Companies CCJ Competitors TECK Competitors SUM Competitors KNF Competitors MP Competitors NGD Competitors HBM Competitors NXE Competitors TTAM Competitors AESI Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:SQM) was last updated on 4/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersThe Trump Dump is starting; Get out of stocks now?The first 365 days of the Trump presidency… Will be the best time to get rich in American history.Paradigm Press | SponsoredURGENT: This Altcoin Opportunity Won’t Wait – Act NowMy friends Joel and Adam have a simple motto: "For us, it's always a bull market." 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