FM vs. LUN, CS, HBM, TNX, K, PAAS, WFG, AGI, BTO, and SJ
Should you be buying First Quantum Minerals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Quantum Minerals include Lundin Mining (LUN), Capstone Copper (CS), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), TRX Gold (TNX), Kinross Gold (K), Pan American Silver (PAAS), West Fraser Timber (WFG), Alamos Gold (AGI), B2Gold (BTO), and Stella-Jones (SJ). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
First Quantum Minerals (TSE:FM) and Lundin Mining (TSE:LUN) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Lundin Mining has a net margin of 7.12% compared to First Quantum Minerals' net margin of -14.78%. Lundin Mining's return on equity of 5.32% beat First Quantum Minerals' return on equity.
First Quantum Minerals currently has a consensus price target of C$16.96, indicating a potential downside of 2.11%. Lundin Mining has a consensus price target of C$14.93, indicating a potential downside of 3.65%. Given First Quantum Minerals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe First Quantum Minerals is more favorable than Lundin Mining.
Lundin Mining has lower revenue, but higher earnings than First Quantum Minerals. First Quantum Minerals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lundin Mining, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lundin Mining received 42 more outperform votes than First Quantum Minerals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.07% of users gave Lundin Mining an outperform vote while only 46.80% of users gave First Quantum Minerals an outperform vote.
51.1% of First Quantum Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.9% of Lundin Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.1% of First Quantum Minerals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.7% of Lundin Mining shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
First Quantum Minerals has a beta of 2.01, indicating that its stock price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lundin Mining has a beta of 1.85, indicating that its stock price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, First Quantum Minerals had 11 more articles in the media than Lundin Mining. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for First Quantum Minerals and 18 mentions for Lundin Mining. Lundin Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat First Quantum Minerals' score of 0.20 indicating that Lundin Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
First Quantum Minerals pays an annual dividend of C$0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Lundin Mining pays an annual dividend of C$0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. First Quantum Minerals pays out -11.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lundin Mining pays out 85.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Lundin Mining beats First Quantum Minerals on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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