LUN vs. FM, KAT, TRQ, CS, HBM, ERO, IE, NSU, AYM, and CMMC
Should you be buying Lundin Mining stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lundin Mining include First Quantum Minerals (FM), Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO) (KAT), Turquoise Hill Resources (TRQ), Capstone Copper (CS), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), Ero Copper (ERO), Ivanhoe Electric (IE), Nevsun Resources (NSU), Atalaya Mining (AYM), and Copper Mountain Mining (CMMC). These companies are all part of the "copper" industry.
Lundin Mining (TSE:LUN) and First Quantum Minerals (TSE:FM) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and dividends.
Lundin Mining has a beta of 1.82, meaning that its share price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Quantum Minerals has a beta of 1.96, meaning that its share price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Lundin Mining had 6 more articles in the media than First Quantum Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Lundin Mining and 16 mentions for First Quantum Minerals. Lundin Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat First Quantum Minerals' score of 0.38 indicating that Lundin Mining is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Lundin Mining received 43 more outperform votes than First Quantum Minerals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.78% of users gave Lundin Mining an outperform vote while only 46.64% of users gave First Quantum Minerals an outperform vote.
56.7% of Lundin Mining shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.7% of First Quantum Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. 15.7% of Lundin Mining shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.1% of First Quantum Minerals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Lundin Mining pays an annual dividend of C$0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. First Quantum Minerals pays an annual dividend of C$0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. 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 pays out -9.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Lundin Mining presently has a consensus price target of C$16.04, suggesting a potential downside of 5.48%. First Quantum Minerals has a consensus price target of C$17.19, suggesting a potential downside of 7.06%. Given Lundin Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Lundin Mining is more favorable than First Quantum Minerals.
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.
Lundin Mining has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
Summary
Lundin Mining beats First Quantum Minerals on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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