FRES vs. THS, NTVO, SLP, EEE, EUA, GMET, GEM, PDL, COBR, and GEMD
Should you be buying Fresnillo stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fresnillo include Tharisa (THS), Nativo Resources (NTVO), Sylvania Platinum (SLP), Empire Metals (EEE), Eurasia Mining (EUA), Golden Metal Resources (GMET), Gemfields Group (GEM), Petra Diamonds (PDL), Cobra Resources (COBR), and Gem Diamonds (GEMD). These companies are all part of the "other precious metals & mining" industry.
Fresnillo vs. Its Competitors
Fresnillo (LON:FRES) and Tharisa (LON:THS) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Fresnillo had 8 more articles in the media than Tharisa. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Fresnillo and 1 mentions for Tharisa. Fresnillo's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Tharisa's score of 0.00 indicating that Fresnillo is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Fresnillo pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Tharisa pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Fresnillo pays out 29.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tharisa pays out 9.2% 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. Tharisa is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Fresnillo presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,576, indicating a potential downside of 6.69%. Tharisa has a consensus target price of GBX 200, indicating a potential upside of 132.56%. Given Tharisa's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Tharisa is more favorable than Fresnillo.
Fresnillo has a beta of 0.15, suggesting that its share price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tharisa has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
21.2% of Fresnillo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.9% of Tharisa shares are owned by institutional investors. 75.0% of Fresnillo shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 65.7% of Tharisa shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Tharisa has a net margin of 11.49% compared to Fresnillo's net margin of 8.70%. Tharisa's return on equity of 12.09% beat Fresnillo's return on equity.
Fresnillo has higher revenue and earnings than Tharisa. Tharisa is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fresnillo, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Fresnillo beats Tharisa on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (LON:FRES) was last updated on 8/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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