IVN vs. FNV, WPM, FM, TECK.B, LUN, K, TNX, NTR, PAAS, and ABX
Should you be buying Ivanhoe Mines stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ivanhoe Mines include Franco-Nevada (FNV), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), First Quantum Minerals (FM), Teck Resources (TECK.B), Lundin Mining (LUN), Kinross Gold (K), TRX Gold (TNX), Nutrien (NTR), Pan American Silver (PAAS), and Barrick Gold (ABX). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Franco-Nevada (TSE:FNV) and Ivanhoe Mines (TSE:IVN) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, dividends, profitability, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
82.1% of Franco-Nevada shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.7% of Ivanhoe Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Franco-Nevada shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 50.8% of Ivanhoe Mines 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.
Ivanhoe Mines has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Ivanhoe Mines' net margin of -39.96%. Franco-Nevada's return on equity of 4.70% beat Ivanhoe Mines' return on equity.
Ivanhoe Mines received 318 more outperform votes than Franco-Nevada when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.41% of users gave Ivanhoe Mines an outperform vote while only 47.74% of users gave Franco-Nevada an outperform vote.
Ivanhoe Mines has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Franco-Nevada. Franco-Nevada is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ivanhoe Mines, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Ivanhoe Mines had 4 more articles in the media than Franco-Nevada. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Ivanhoe Mines and 2 mentions for Franco-Nevada. Ivanhoe Mines' average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Franco-Nevada's score of 0.49 indicating that Franco-Nevada is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Franco-Nevada currently has a consensus target price of C$191.50, indicating a potential upside of 9.59%. Ivanhoe Mines has a consensus target price of C$22.39, indicating a potential upside of 6.21%. Given Ivanhoe Mines' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Franco-Nevada is more favorable than Ivanhoe Mines.
Franco-Nevada has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ivanhoe Mines has a beta of 1.98, meaning that its stock price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Ivanhoe Mines beats Franco-Nevada on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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