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.
Teck Resources (NYSE:TECK) and Summit Materials (NYSE:SUM) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and media sentiment.
78.1% of Teck Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Teck Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Summit Materials shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Teck Resources presently has a consensus price target of $50.00, indicating a potential downside of 5.31%. Summit Materials has a consensus price target of $46.92, indicating a potential upside of 20.89%. Given Teck Resources' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Summit Materials is more favorable than Teck Resources.
Teck Resources has a net margin of 10.59% compared to Teck Resources' net margin of 8.36%. Summit Materials' return on equity of 7.52% beat Teck Resources' return on equity.
Teck Resources has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Summit Materials has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Teck Resources and Teck Resources both had 8 articles in the media. Summit Materials' average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Teck Resources' score of 0.55 indicating that Teck Resources is being referred to more favorably in the 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 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.
Summary
Teck Resources beats Summit Materials on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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