FM vs. LUN, CS, HBM, K, TNX, PAAS, AGI, WFG, IVN, and BTO
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), Kinross Gold (K), TRX Gold (TNX), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Alamos Gold (AGI), West Fraser Timber (WFG), Ivanhoe Mines (IVN), and B2Gold (BTO). 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 superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, valuation and earnings.
Lundin Mining received 42 more outperform votes than First Quantum Minerals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.89% of users gave Lundin Mining an outperform vote while only 46.74% of users gave First Quantum Minerals an outperform vote.
Lundin Mining has a net margin of 3.04% compared to First Quantum Minerals' net margin of -20.02%. Lundin Mining's return on equity of 3.49% beat First Quantum Minerals' return on equity.
51.7% of First Quantum Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.7% of Lundin Mining shares are held by institutional investors. 16.1% of First Quantum Minerals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.7% of Lundin Mining shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
First Quantum Minerals presently has a consensus target price of C$16.61, suggesting a potential upside of ∞. Lundin Mining has a consensus target price of C$15.49, suggesting a potential downside of 11.51%. Given First Quantum Minerals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe First Quantum Minerals is more favorable than Lundin Mining.
In the previous week, Lundin Mining had 7 more articles in the media than First Quantum Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Lundin Mining and 2 mentions for First Quantum Minerals. Lundin Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat First Quantum Minerals' score of 0.33 indicating that Lundin Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
First Quantum Minerals pays an annual dividend of C$0.21 per share. Lundin Mining pays an annual dividend of C$0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. First Quantum Minerals pays out -9.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lundin Mining pays out 189.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
First Quantum Minerals has a beta of 1.96, meaning that its share price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lundin Mining has a beta of 1.82, meaning that its share price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Lundin Mining beats First Quantum Minerals on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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