S32 vs. AAL, ADT1, KMR, GFM, SOLG, JLP, ECOR, CAPD, BSE, and SVML
Should you be buying South32 stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of South32 include Anglo American (AAL), Adriatic Metals (ADT1), Kenmare Resources (KMR), Griffin Mining (GFM), SolGold (SOLG), Jubilee Metals Group (JLP), Ecora Resources (ECOR), Capital (CAPD), Base Resources (BSE), and Sovereign Metals (SVML). These companies are all part of the "other industrial metals & mining" industry.
South32 (LON:S32) and Anglo American (LON:AAL) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and risk.
Anglo American has higher revenue and earnings than South32. South32 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Anglo American, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
38.0% of South32 shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.9% of Anglo American shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of South32 shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of Anglo American shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Anglo American had 6 more articles in the media than South32. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Anglo American and 1 mentions for South32. Anglo American's average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat South32's score of -0.39 indicating that Anglo American is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
South32 has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Anglo American has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Anglo American has a net margin of 0.92% compared to South32's net margin of -11.53%. Anglo American's return on equity of 4.10% beat South32's return on equity.
Anglo American received 1005 more outperform votes than South32 when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave South32 an outperform vote while only 52.39% of users gave Anglo American an outperform vote.
South32 presently has a consensus price target of GBX 247.67, indicating a potential upside of 20.93%. Anglo American has a consensus price target of GBX 2,793.33, indicating a potential upside of 8.84%. Given South32's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe South32 is more favorable than Anglo American.
South32 pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Anglo American pays an annual dividend of GBX 77 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. South32 pays out -2,142.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Anglo American pays out 42,777.8% 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
Anglo American beats South32 on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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