SUM vs. TECK, SQM, MDU, KNF, HL, USLM, SLCA, UUUU, LEU, and CMP
Should you be buying Summit Materials stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Summit Materials include Teck Resources (TECK), Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM), MDU Resources Group (MDU), Knife River (KNF), Hecla Mining (HL), United States Lime & Minerals (USLM), U.S. Silica (SLCA), Energy Fuels (UUUU), Centrus Energy (LEU), and Compass Minerals International (CMP). These companies are all part of the "mining & quarrying of nonmetallic minerals, except fuels" industry.
Summit Materials (NYSE:SUM) and Teck Resources (NYSE:TECK) are both construction companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and risk.
Teck Resources received 385 more outperform votes than Summit Materials when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.42% of users gave Summit Materials an outperform vote while only 59.66% of users gave Teck Resources an outperform vote.
Summit Materials has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teck Resources has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summit Materials currently has a consensus target price of $46.92, indicating a potential upside of 21.42%. Teck Resources has a consensus target price of $50.00, indicating a potential downside of 3.94%. Given Summit Materials' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Summit Materials is more favorable than Teck Resources.
78.1% of Teck Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Summit Materials shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Teck Resources shares are owned by company 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.
In the previous week, Summit Materials had 3 more articles in the media than Teck Resources. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Summit Materials and 7 mentions for Teck Resources. Teck Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Summit Materials' score of 0.44 indicating that Teck Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Teck Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Summit Materials. Summit Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Teck Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Teck Resources has a net margin of 10.59% compared to Summit Materials' net margin of 8.36%. Teck Resources' return on equity of 7.52% beat Summit Materials' return on equity.
Summary
Teck Resources beats Summit Materials on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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