IONR vs SQM vs SU Stock Comparison

Ioneer, Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile and Suncor Energy Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
IONR ioneer Ltd
$2.70 -18.4% 1M -48.0% 1Y
Market cap
$161.49M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Lithium Basic Materials
SU Suncor Energy Inc
$79.48 +16.5% 1M +99.5% 1Y
Market cap
$92.80B
P/E
6.8x
Revenue (TTM)
-$3.60B
Div. yield
-0.03%
Integrated Oil and Gas Energy
5 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Suncor Energy leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Suncor Energy 5, Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionIONRSQMSULeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $161.49M $17.23B $92.80B SU
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — 12.4x 6.8x SU
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 8.0x 8.5x SQM
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +59.0% -108.8% SQM
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 20.6% — –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 22.8% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 0.2x 0.5x SQM
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% -0.03% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -48.0% +25.0% +99.5% SU
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +1.2%/yr +28.3%/yr SU
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 79.5% 47.0% 27.5% SU
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 70/100 64/100 SQM

Percentile Scorecard

IONRSQMSU

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisIONRSQMSU
Valuation – 81 #31 of 162 74 #27 of 99
Growth – 62 #56 of 147 65 #35 of 97
Profitability – 81 #24 of 122 72 #28 of 96
Financial Health 98 #4 of 165 32 #112 of 165 75 #26 of 102
Shareholder Returns – 92 #10 of 107 35 #50 of 76
Overall – 70 64
  • IONR ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • SQM ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • SU ranked among 103 companies in Oil and Gas Upstream

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodIONRSQMSUSPY
1 month -18.4%-14.8%+16.5% -0.8%
3 months -16.1%-17.2%+24.2% +3.5%
6 months -34.3%-37.6%+23.3% +7.0%
Year to date -43.7%-17.2%+79.2% +12.2%
1 year -48.0%+25.0%+99.5% +13.0%
3 years -27.8%+11.5%+144.8% +86.3%
3 years, per year -10.3%+3.7%+34.8% +23.1%
5 years —+5.9%+247.2% +68.6%
5 years, per year —+1.2%+28.3% +11.0%
10 years —+94.6%+169.5% +258.0%
10 years, per year —+6.9%+10.4% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureIONRSQMSUSPY
Volatility, 1Y 79.5%47.0%27.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 76.7%43.9%28.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.440.96-0.39 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.600.533.63 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -87.8%-73.5%-37.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -57.7%-40.2%0.0% -1.8%
52-week high $6.39$95.31$79.48 $779.14
52-week low $2.55$44.36$39.51 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleIONRSQMSU
P/E now vs peer median —median 12.8x 11.7xmedian 12.8x 7.1xmedian 13.5x
P/S now vs peer median —median 3.1x 2.4xmedian 3.1x -26.4xmedian 2.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 7.0x 4.8xmedian 7.0x 11.4xmedian 5.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 15.2x —median 15.2x 4.8xmedian 11.0x
P/B now vs peer median 0.7xmedian 2.1x 1.9xmedian 2.1x 2.0xmedian 1.5x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.29 -0.75median 0.29 0.19median 2.27

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsIONRSQMSU
Revenue – $6.73B -$3.60B
Gross profit – $2.83B –
Operating income – $3.11B $1.71B
Net income – $1.39B $8.93B
Free cash flow – – $19.78B
EPS (diluted) – $4.86 $11.22
Cash & equivalents $58.84M $3.38B $5.37B
Total debt – $19.72B $9.85B
Shares (diluted) 60.35M 285.64M 1.22B
Enterprise value $27.10M $3.89B $78.54B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricIONRSQMSU
P/E – 11.7x 7.1x
P/FCF – – 4.8x
P/Operating cash flow – – 6.0x
P/S – 2.4x -26.4x
P/B 0.7x 1.9x 2.0x
P/Tangible book 0.7x 1.9x 2.0x
EV/EBITDA – 4.8x 11.4x
EV/EBIT – 5.5x 58.2x
EV/Revenue – 2.5x -27.6x
EV/FCF – – 5.0x
EV/Operating cash flow – – 6.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – -0.75 0.19

Growth

14 metrics
MetricIONRSQMSU
Revenue growth (1Y) – 59.0% -108.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – -4.8% -27.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 150.2% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – -9.3% –
Operating income growth (1Y) – 134.4% 18.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – -17.5% –
Net income growth (1Y) – 190.5% 57.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -7.2% 13.8%
EPS growth (1Y) – 190.5% 55.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – -15.7% 36.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – – 9.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – 8.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – – 5.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – 17.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricIONRSQMSU
Gross margin – 42.1% –
EBITDA margin – 52.7% –
Operating margin – 46.2% –
Pretax margin – 36.6% –
Net margin – 20.6% –
FCF margin – – –
Operating cash flow margin – – -438.8%
Return on equity – 16.4% 29.1%
Return on assets – 8.6% 14.6%
Return on invested capital – 22.8% –
Return on capital employed – 23.4% 2.1%
Asset turnover – 0.4x 0.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – – 1.8x
Stock comp / revenue – – -3.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricIONRSQMSU
Debt / assets – 31.3% 10.4%
Debt / equity – 0.6x 0.2x
Net debt / EBITDA – 0.2x 0.5x
Debt / FCF – – 0.5x
Liabilities / assets 0.9% 47.9% 49.2%
Equity / assets 99.1% 52.1% 50.8%
Interest coverage – 15.3x –
Current ratio 25.8x 2.6x 1.7x
Quick ratio 25.8x 1.8x 1.0x
Cash ratio 25.6x 1.5x 0.5x
Altman Z-score – – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricIONRSQMSU
Dividend yield – 4.2% 3.0%
Net buyback yield – – -3.8%
Shareholder yield – 4.2% -0.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 31.6%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 14.3%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – -0.7%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – -1.4%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusIONRSQMSU
Forward P/E – 8.0xFY2026 8.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.00FY2026 $7.12FY2026 $9.31FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +245.6%FY2026 +177.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – -2.5% -18.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $717.29KFY2026 $8.37BFY2026 $45.87BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +9.8%FY2026 +82.7%FY2026 +28.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -100.0% +2.9% -12.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersIONRSQMSU
Held by institutions 3.9% 13.4% 65.2%
Institutions holding 34 316 752
Change in shares held, QoQ -10.1% -3.0% -5.1%
Institutions buying 20 166 367
Institutions selling 5 100 252
Buyers to sellers 4.00 1.66 1.46

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

IONRSQMSU
IONR 1.00 0.29 0.00
SQM 0.29 1.00 0.10
SU 0.00 0.10 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, IONR, SQM and SU?

Suncor Energy (SU) is the largest by market capitalisation: Ioneer (IONR) $161.49M, Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile (SQM) $17.23B, Suncor Energy (SU) $92.80B.

Which stock is cheaper, IONR, SQM and SU?

Suncor Energy (SU) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile (SQM) 12.4x, Suncor Energy (SU) 6.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile (SQM) is cheapest (Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile (SQM) 8.0x, Suncor Energy (SU) 8.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile (SQM) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile (SQM) +59.0%, Suncor Energy (SU) -108.8%.

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Suncor Energy (SU) returned the most: Ioneer (IONR) -48.0%, Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile (SQM) +25.0%, Suncor Energy (SU) +99.5%. Over five years, Suncor Energy (SU) compounded fastest (Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile (SQM) +1.2%/yr, Suncor Energy (SU) +28.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Suncor Energy (SU) has been the steadiest (Ioneer (IONR) 79.5%, Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile (SQM) 47.0%, Suncor Energy (SU) 27.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, IONR, SQM and SU?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Suncor Energy (SU) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.