ANTO vs. WPM, AAL, S32, CRDA, MNDI, CRH, GLEN, RIO, ATYM, and TKO
Should you be buying Antofagasta stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Antofagasta include Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Anglo American (AAL), South32 (S32), Croda International (CRDA), Mondi (MNDI), CRH (CRH), Glencore (GLEN), Rio Tinto Group (RIO), Atalaya Mining (ATYM), and Taseko Mines (TKO). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Antofagasta (LON:ANTO) and Wheaton Precious Metals (LON:WPM) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.
Wheaton Precious Metals has a net margin of 52.92% compared to Antofagasta's net margin of 13.20%. Antofagasta's return on equity of 10.97% beat Wheaton Precious Metals' return on equity.
Antofagasta currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,663.89, suggesting a potential downside of 26.21%. Wheaton Precious Metals has a consensus target price of GBX 4,100, suggesting a potential downside of 5.09%. Given Wheaton Precious Metals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Wheaton Precious Metals is more favorable than Antofagasta.
Antofagasta has higher revenue and earnings than Wheaton Precious Metals. Antofagasta is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wheaton Precious Metals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
19.9% of Antofagasta shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.5% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. 65.4% of Antofagasta shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Antofagasta received 597 more outperform votes than Wheaton Precious Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Wheaton Precious Metals an outperform vote while only 42.35% of users gave Antofagasta an outperform vote.
Antofagasta pays an annual dividend of GBX 29 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Wheaton Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of GBX 49 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Antofagasta pays out 4,328.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Wheaton Precious Metals pays out 5,212.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Antofagasta is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Antofagasta has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wheaton Precious Metals has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Antofagasta had 12 more articles in the media than Wheaton Precious Metals. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Antofagasta and 0 mentions for Wheaton Precious Metals. Antofagasta's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Wheaton Precious Metals' score of 0.00 indicating that Antofagasta is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Antofagasta beats Wheaton Precious Metals on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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