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$36.06 -0.32 (-0.88%)
Closing price 08/5/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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SQM vs. CCJ, TECK, MP, KNF, NXE, HBM, LEU, NGD, TTAM, and TMC

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), MP Materials (MP), Knife River (KNF), NexGen Energy (NXE), HudBay Minerals (HBM), Centrus Energy (LEU), New Gold (NGD), Titan America (TTAM), and TMC the metals (TMC). 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 superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and risk.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sociedad Quimica y Minera$4.53B2.27$685.12M$2.1117.09
Cameco$2.29B14.18$125.42M$0.8785.66

Sociedad Quimica y Minera presently has a consensus price target of $42.50, suggesting a potential upside of 17.86%. Cameco has a consensus price target of $82.65, suggesting a potential upside of 10.92%. Given Sociedad Quimica y Minera's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Sociedad Quimica y Minera is more favorable than Cameco.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sociedad Quimica y Minera
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43
Cameco
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.25

In the previous week, Cameco had 57 more articles in the media than Sociedad Quimica y Minera. MarketBeat recorded 62 mentions for Cameco and 5 mentions for Sociedad Quimica y Minera. Sociedad Quimica y Minera's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Cameco's score of 0.76 indicating that Sociedad Quimica y Minera is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Sociedad Quimica y Minera
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Cameco
26 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
14 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Sociedad Quimica y Minera has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cameco has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Cameco has a net margin of 14.97% compared to Sociedad Quimica y Minera's net margin of 13.45%. Sociedad Quimica y Minera's return on equity of 11.71% beat Cameco's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sociedad Quimica y Minera13.45% 11.71% 5.35%
Cameco 14.97%8.21%5.55%

12.4% of Sociedad Quimica y Minera 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 insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Cameco beats Sociedad Quimica y Minera on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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SQM vs. The Competition

MetricSociedad Quimica y MineraCHEM IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$10.39B$15.25B$3.23B$20.68B
Dividend YieldN/A2.12%5.21%3.67%
P/E Ratio17.0946.76109.7629.31
Price / Sales2.273.0728,712,403,950,897,000.0064.11
Price / Cash14.9912.7723.8623.31
Price / Book1.982.985.964.40
Net Income$685.12M$423.39M$148.72M$995.90M
7 Day Performance-3.45%0.17%1.74%0.27%
1 Month Performance-2.74%-4.35%2.79%0.39%
1 Year Performance5.04%9.32%34.26%15.57%

Sociedad Quimica y Minera Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SQM
Sociedad Quimica y Minera
2.2766 of 5 stars
$36.06
-0.9%
$42.50
+17.9%
+6.4%$10.39B$4.53B17.098,344Positive News
CCJ
Cameco
4.1809 of 5 stars
$75.21
+3.1%
$82.65
+9.9%
+102.0%$32.75B$2.29B86.452,884Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
TECK
Teck Resources
4.8788 of 5 stars
$32.56
+3.0%
$60.11
+84.6%
-26.5%$15.73B$9.96B85.697,200Positive News
MP
MP Materials
2.0918 of 5 stars
$65.51
+2.9%
$57.88
-11.7%
+550.4%$10.71B$215.98M-100.78490Upcoming Earnings
KNF
Knife River
3.037 of 5 stars
$84.53
+1.4%
$114.17
+35.1%
+21.8%$4.79B$2.90B26.674,761News Coverage
Earnings Report
Gap Down
NXE
NexGen Energy
0.0488 of 5 stars
$6.76
+4.3%
N/A+27.3%$3.86BN/A-42.2560Earnings Report
HBM
HudBay Minerals
2.9081 of 5 stars
$9.25
+2.0%
N/A+30.9%$3.66B$2.02B24.332,803Upcoming Earnings
LEU
Centrus Energy
2.1358 of 5 stars
$210.05
+0.8%
$178.64
-15.0%
+486.1%$3.58B$471.40M47.63280News Coverage
Earnings Report
NGD
New Gold
2.2331 of 5 stars
$4.41
+3.5%
$4.38
-0.6%
+116.6%$3.49B$1.03B33.931,570Gap Down
TTAM
Titan America
N/A$14.38
+4.2%
$17.07
+18.7%
N/A$2.65B$1.62B0.002,742Lockup Expiration
TMC
TMC the metals
2.661 of 5 stars
$5.64
-3.9%
$6.75
+19.7%
+434.9%$2.04BN/A-24.5230Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Options Volume
High Trading Volume

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This page (NYSE:SQM) was last updated on 8/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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