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Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM) Competitors

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$37.28 -0.36 (-0.96%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

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 large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Vale received 419 more outperform votes than Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.05% of users gave Vale an outperform vote while only 56.04% of users gave Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ValeOutperform Votes
790
61.05%
Underperform Votes
504
38.95%
Sociedad Química y Minera de ChileOutperform Votes
371
56.04%
Underperform Votes
291
43.96%

In the previous week, Vale had 4 more articles in the media than Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Vale and 5 mentions for Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile. Vale's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's score of 1.00 indicating that Vale is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Vale
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Vale presently has a consensus price target of $14.38, suggesting a potential upside of 61.59%. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has a consensus price target of $45.56, suggesting a potential upside of 22.22%. Given Vale's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Vale is more favorable than Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Vale
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20
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

Vale pays an annual dividend of $0.91 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.2%. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Vale pays out 42.1% 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.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Vale22.59% 21.07% 9.22%
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile -6.74%16.12%7.15%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Vale$40.99B0.97$7.98B$2.164.12
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile$4.77B2.23$923.19M-$1.11-33.59

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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Vale has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Vale beats Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile on 14 of the 19 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$10.65B$6.00B$2.79B$19.18B
Dividend Yield0.38%0.94%5.22%3.58%
P/E Ratio-33.5927.38111.6241.22
Price / Sales2.2320.75780,141.6017.58
Price / Cash5.3617.3524.1021.28
Price / Book2.383.913.395.32
Net Income$923.19M$260.20M$152.77M$989.67M
7 Day Performance-1.30%-5.69%-2.90%-3.45%
1 Month Performance-5.72%-8.98%1.40%-3.73%
1 Year Performance-36.33%-5.54%17.62%12.06%

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
1.1004 of 5 stars
$37.28
-1.0%
$45.56
+22.2%
-33.7%$10.65B$4.77B-33.597,682
VALE
Vale
4.8189 of 5 stars
$9.23
-0.3%
$14.38
+55.8%
-41.4%$41.38B$41.78B4.2966,807Positive News
CCJ
Cameco
4.0143 of 5 stars
$54.20
-0.2%
$66.56
+22.8%
+22.9%$23.59B$2.80B285.742,100Options Volume
Gap Down
TECK
Teck Resources
4.2999 of 5 stars
$42.89
-2.7%
$65.29
+52.2%
-1.1%$21.97B$11.12B66.8012,600
SUM
Summit Materials
3.136 of 5 stars
$50.79
+0.0%
$50.54
-0.5%
+32.1%$8.92B$2.62B61.935,300Analyst Forecast
KNF
Knife River
1.9613 of 5 stars
$105.10
+2.7%
$95.33
-9.3%
+64.4%$5.95B$2.89B29.984,389Positive News
NXE
NexGen Energy
1.2152 of 5 stars
$7.39
-1.5%
N/A+4.8%$4.18BN/A50.0077Positive News
HBM
Hudbay Minerals
4.6152 of 5 stars
$8.55
-1.3%
$11.17
+30.6%
+50.9%$3.37B$2.04B37.652,708Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
MP
MP Materials
3.4953 of 5 stars
$18.74
-3.3%
$22.10
+17.9%
-12.8%$3.06B$184.07M-35.87490Positive News
AESI
Atlas Energy Solutions
3.7013 of 5 stars
$23.03
-0.6%
$24.67
+7.1%
+27.8%$2.54B$925.76M29.32490Insider Trade
News Coverage
NGD
New Gold
2.9392 of 5 stars
$2.73
-1.4%
$3.41
+25.0%
N/A$2.16B$861.50M138.501,578Options Volume
News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:SQM) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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