FRES vs. EEE, THS, SLP, GMET, GEM, EUA, PDL, COBR, ROCK, and UFO
Should you be buying Fresnillo stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fresnillo include Empire Metals (EEE), Tharisa (THS), Sylvania Platinum (SLP), Golden Metal Resources (GMET), Gemfields Group (GEM), Eurasia Mining (EUA), Petra Diamonds (PDL), Cobra Resources (COBR), Rockfire Resources (ROCK), and Alien Metals (UFO). These companies are all part of the "other precious metals & mining" industry.
Fresnillo vs. Its Competitors
Empire Metals (LON:EEE) and Fresnillo (LON:FRES) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and risk.
In the previous week, Fresnillo had 12 more articles in the media than Empire Metals. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Fresnillo and 2 mentions for Empire Metals. Fresnillo's average media sentiment score of 0.19 beat Empire Metals' score of 0.00 indicating that Fresnillo is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Fresnillo has a consensus target price of GBX 1,756, indicating a potential downside of 32.25%. Given Fresnillo's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Fresnillo is more favorable than Empire Metals.
Fresnillo has a net margin of 8.70% compared to Empire Metals' net margin of 0.00%. Fresnillo's return on equity of 6.52% beat Empire Metals' return on equity.
Empire Metals has a beta of 1.8, meaning that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fresnillo has a beta of 0.15, meaning that its stock price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Fresnillo has higher revenue and earnings than Empire Metals. Empire Metals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fresnillo, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
0.6% of Empire Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.0% of Fresnillo shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of Empire Metals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 75.0% of Fresnillo shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Fresnillo beats Empire Metals on 14 of the 15 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 10/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
