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Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM) Competitors

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$38.78 -0.36 (-0.92%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

SQM vs. CCJ, TECK, SUM, KNF, NXE, HBM, MP, AESI, NGD, and ERO

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 Cameco (CCJ), Teck Resources (TECK), Summit Materials (SUM), Knife River (KNF), NexGen Energy (NXE), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), MP Materials (MP), Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI), New Gold (NGD), and Ero Copper (ERO). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile vs.

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (NYSE:SQM) and Cameco (NYSE:CCJ) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.

In the previous week, Cameco had 17 more articles in the media than Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Cameco and 16 mentions for Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile. Cameco's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's score of 0.80 indicating that Cameco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile
4 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Cameco
17 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Cameco pays an annual dividend of $0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile pays out 418.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cameco pays out 57.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Cameco has a net margin of 4.15% compared to Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's net margin of 0.48%. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's return on equity of 23.15% beat Cameco's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile0.48% 23.15% 10.43%
Cameco 4.15%3.33%2.15%

Cameco received 152 more outperform votes than Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.12% of users gave Cameco an outperform vote while only 56.15% of users gave Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Sociedad Química y Minera de ChileOutperform Votes
370
56.15%
Underperform Votes
289
43.85%
CamecoOutperform Votes
522
63.12%
Underperform Votes
305
36.88%

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has higher revenue and earnings than Cameco. Cameco 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile$5.53B2.00$923.19M$0.11352.55
Cameco$2.80B8.97$267.32M$0.19303.21

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile presently has a consensus price target of $48.69, indicating a potential upside of 25.55%. Cameco has a consensus price target of $66.56, indicating a potential upside of 15.53%. Given Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile is more favorable than Cameco.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38
Cameco
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.29

12.4% of Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.2% of Cameco shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Cameco shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cameco has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Cameco beats Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SQM vs. The Competition

MetricSociedad Química y Minera de ChileMining & quarrying of nonmetallic minerals, except fuels IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$11.08B$6.42B$2.84B$19.87B
Dividend Yield1.23%1.03%5.25%3.54%
P/E Ratio352.5558.00117.1942.87
Price / Sales2.0020.85586,876.4418.11
Price / Cash5.4118.3723.4617.86
Price / Book2.474.283.485.52
Net Income$923.19M$260.20M$151.06M$986.45M
7 Day Performance1.04%-1.66%0.46%-0.22%
1 Month Performance-0.82%-3.83%-5.55%0.12%
1 Year Performance-26.19%10.01%27.69%23.71%

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SQM
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile
2.3681 of 5 stars
$38.78
-0.9%
$48.69
+25.5%
-26.2%$11.18B$7.47B352.557,682News Coverage
CCJ
Cameco
4.1168 of 5 stars
$57.61
+0.3%
$66.56
+15.5%
+27.0%$25.07B$2.80B303.212,100Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
TECK
Teck Resources
4.6969 of 5 stars
$46.65
-1.0%
$65.29
+39.9%
+28.3%$23.71B$11.12B70.6812,600Dividend Cut
Analyst Revision
SUM
Summit Materials
3.8972 of 5 stars
$48.41
+0.0%
$50.38
+4.1%
+43.2%$8.50B$2.62B59.045,300Analyst Downgrade
Positive News
KNF
Knife River
2.8624 of 5 stars
$98.30
+0.7%
$93.67
-4.7%
+71.9%$5.53B$2.83B28.174,389Positive News
NXE
NexGen Energy
2.3143 of 5 stars
$8.33
-1.8%
$11.00
+32.1%
+27.1%$4.79BN/A55.5077Analyst Revision
Positive News
HBM
Hudbay Minerals
4.1522 of 5 stars
$9.03
-0.8%
$11.17
+23.7%
+99.2%$3.58B$1.69B39.242,708Analyst Revision
MP
MP Materials
2.8545 of 5 stars
$18.24
+1.2%
$21.40
+17.4%
+12.1%$2.94B$253.45M0.00490Insider Trade
AESI
Atlas Energy Solutions
4.0556 of 5 stars
$21.21
+1.4%
$24.44
+15.2%
+24.0%$2.34B$925.76M26.85490Insider Trade
NGD
New Gold
1.7254 of 5 stars
$2.78
flat
$3.08
+10.8%
N/A$2.20B$786.50M25.271,578
ERO
Ero Copper
3.6053 of 5 stars
$15.93
-1.1%
$30.00
+88.3%
+29.2%$1.66B$427.48M93.713,374

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This page (NYSE:SQM) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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