Caledonia Mining (CMCL) Competitors

Hochschild Mining (LON:HOC) and Caledonia Mining (LON:CMCL) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Is HOC or CMCL a better dividend stock?

Hochschild Mining pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Caledonia Mining pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Hochschild Mining pays out 6.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Caledonia Mining pays out 29.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of HOC or CMCL?

43.9% of Hochschild Mining shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.6% of Caledonia Mining shares are held by institutional investors. 43.6% of Hochschild Mining shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.2% of Caledonia Mining shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer HOC or CMCL?

In the previous week, Hochschild Mining had 8 more articles in the media than Caledonia Mining. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Hochschild Mining and 2 mentions for Caledonia Mining. Hochschild Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Caledonia Mining's score of 0.61 indicating that Hochschild Mining is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hochschild Mining	2 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Caledonia Mining	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, HOC or CMCL?

Hochschild Mining has higher revenue and earnings than Caledonia Mining. Hochschild Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Caledonia Mining, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hochschild Mining	£1.08B	1.79	£38.41M	£0.29	1,293.02
Caledonia Mining	£215.87M	2.47	£12.28M	£1.92	1,437.50

Do analysts prefer HOC or CMCL?

Hochschild Mining presently has a consensus target price of GBX 333.57, suggesting a potential downside of 11.04%. Given Hochschild Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Hochschild Mining is more favorable than Caledonia Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hochschild Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
Caledonia Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more risk & volatility, HOC or CMCL?

Hochschild Mining has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Caledonia Mining has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is HOC or CMCL more profitable?

Caledonia Mining has a net margin of 5.55% compared to Hochschild Mining's net margin of 3.79%. Hochschild Mining's return on equity of 4.90% beat Caledonia Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hochschild Mining	3.79%	4.90%	7.11%
Caledonia Mining	5.55%	3.99%	8.52%

Summary

Hochschild Mining beats Caledonia Mining on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.