ANTO vs. ATYM, TKO, CAML, GRX, MOD, GSCU, CCZ, RIO, GLEN, and CRH
Should you be buying Antofagasta stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Antofagasta include Atalaya Mining (ATYM), Taseko Mines (TKO), Central Asia Metals (CAML), GreenX Metals (GRX), Mod Resources (MOD), Great Southern Copper (GSCU), Castillo Copper (CCZ), Rio Tinto Group (RIO), Glencore (GLEN), and CRH (CRH). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Antofagasta (LON:ANTO) and Atalaya Mining (LON:ATYM) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Antofagasta has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atalaya Mining has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Antofagasta received 150 more outperform votes than Atalaya Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 79.86% of users gave Atalaya Mining an outperform vote while only 42.30% of users gave Antofagasta an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Antofagasta had 1 more articles in the media than Atalaya Mining. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Antofagasta and 1 mentions for Atalaya Mining. Atalaya Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.15 beat Antofagasta's score of -0.28 indicating that Atalaya Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Antofagasta pays an annual dividend of GBX 29 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Atalaya Mining pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. 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. Atalaya Mining pays out 3,043.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Atalaya Mining is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Antofagasta presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,833.75, indicating a potential downside of 6.77%. Atalaya Mining has a consensus target price of GBX 537.50, indicating a potential upside of 47.66%. Given Atalaya Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Atalaya Mining is more favorable than Antofagasta.
20.6% of Antofagasta shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.0% of Atalaya Mining shares are held by institutional investors. 65.5% of Antofagasta shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 31.5% of Atalaya Mining shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Antofagasta has a net margin of 13.20% compared to Atalaya Mining's net margin of 11.39%. Antofagasta's return on equity of 10.97% beat Atalaya Mining's return on equity.
Antofagasta has higher revenue and earnings than Atalaya Mining. Atalaya Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Antofagasta, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Antofagasta beats Atalaya Mining on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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