ANTO vs. TKO, ATYM, CAML, GRX, MOD, GSCU, CCZ, RIO, CRH, and GLEN
Should you be buying Antofagasta stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Antofagasta include Taseko Mines (TKO), Atalaya Mining (ATYM), Central Asia Metals (CAML), GreenX Metals (GRX), Mod Resources (MOD), Great Southern Copper (GSCU), Castillo Copper (CCZ), Rio Tinto Group (RIO), CRH (CRH), and Glencore (GLEN). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Antofagasta vs. Its Competitors
Taseko Mines (LON:TKO) and Antofagasta (LON:ANTO) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, risk, profitability, valuation and earnings.
Taseko Mines has a beta of 1.92, indicating that its stock price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Antofagasta has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
Taseko Mines presently has a consensus price target of GBX 307.50, indicating a potential upside of 23.00%. Antofagasta has a consensus price target of GBX 2,137.50, indicating a potential downside of 0.44%. Given Taseko Mines' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Taseko Mines is more favorable than Antofagasta.
In the previous week, Antofagasta had 2 more articles in the media than Taseko Mines. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Antofagasta and 0 mentions for Taseko Mines. Antofagasta's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Taseko Mines' score of 0.00 indicating that Antofagasta is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Antofagasta has higher revenue and earnings than Taseko Mines. Taseko Mines is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Antofagasta, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
15.1% of Taseko Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.3% of Antofagasta shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Taseko Mines shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Antofagasta shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Taseko Mines has a net margin of 12.66% compared to Antofagasta's net margin of 11.96%. Taseko Mines' return on equity of 16.33% beat Antofagasta's return on equity.
Summary
Antofagasta beats Taseko Mines on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:ANTO) was last updated on 9/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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