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South32 (S32) Competitors

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GBX 148.40 +0.40 (+0.27%)
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S32 vs. ADT1, KMR, GFM, SVML, SOLG, KP2, ECOR, CAPD, BSE, and TRR

Should you be buying South32 stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of South32 include Adriatic Metals (ADT1), Kenmare Resources (KMR), Griffin Mining (GFM), Sovereign Metals (SVML), SolGold (SOLG), Kore Potash (KP2), Ecora Resources (ECOR), Capital (CAPD), Base Resources (BSE), and Trident Royalties (TRR). These companies are all part of the "other industrial metals & mining" industry.

South32 vs.

Adriatic Metals (LON:ADT1) and South32 (LON:S32) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, community ranking and institutional ownership.

31.2% of Adriatic Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.5% of South32 shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.4% of Adriatic Metals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of South32 shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Adriatic Metals has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, South32 has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Adriatic Metals had 2 more articles in the media than South32. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Adriatic Metals and 0 mentions for South32. Adriatic Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat South32's score of 0.00 indicating that Adriatic Metals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Adriatic Metals Neutral
South32 Neutral

Adriatic Metals received 13 more outperform votes than South32 when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 85.71% of users gave Adriatic Metals an outperform vote while only 31.25% of users gave South32 an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Adriatic MetalsOutperform Votes
18
85.71%
Underperform Votes
3
14.29%
South32Outperform Votes
5
31.25%
Underperform Votes
11
68.75%

Adriatic Metals currently has a consensus price target of GBX 180, indicating a potential downside of 21.05%. South32 has a consensus price target of GBX 205, indicating a potential upside of 38.14%. Given South32's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe South32 is more favorable than Adriatic Metals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Adriatic Metals
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
South32
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

South32 has higher revenue and earnings than Adriatic Metals. Adriatic Metals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than South32, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Adriatic MetalsN/AN/A-£68.31M-£13.26-17.20
South32£6.03B1.38£100.01M£1.42104.27

South32 has a net margin of 1.66% compared to Adriatic Metals' net margin of 0.00%. South32's return on equity of 0.58% beat Adriatic Metals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Adriatic MetalsN/A -36.22% -6.80%
South32 1.66%0.58%0.23%

Summary

South32 beats Adriatic Metals on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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S32 vs. The Competition

MetricSouth32Other Industrial Metals & Mining IndustryMaterials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£8.35B£1.06B£3.09B£2.68B
Dividend Yield2.02%6.19%5.21%5.05%
P/E Ratio104.2739.1671.91134.32
Price / Sales1.3819,476.6425,591,212,775,234,100.00203,702.45
Price / CashN/A25.1624.3428.02
Price / Book0.496.665.193.79
Net Income£100.01M£70.70M£156.48M£5.89B
7 Day Performance3.06%0.90%1.66%7.78%
1 Month Performance14.15%6.38%4.64%29.45%
1 Year Performance-28.24%44.22%15.14%119.74%

South32 Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
S32
South32
N/AGBX 148.40
+0.3%
GBX 205
+38.1%
-27.1%£8.35B£6.03B104.279,616
ADT1
Adriatic Metals
0.1544 of 5 stars
GBX 192.78
-1.9%
GBX 180
-6.6%
-12.8%£788.26MN/A-14.54296Trending News
High Trading Volume
KMR
Kenmare Resources
4.172 of 5 stars
GBX 410
+0.5%
GBX 580
+41.5%
+6.0%£453.25M£440.17M5.781,687
GFM
Griffin Mining
1.0358 of 5 stars
GBX 174
+0.9%
GBX 190
+9.2%
+14.4%£401.32M£196.43M19.44448
SVML
Sovereign Metals
N/AGBX 31.73
+0.7%
GBX 55
+73.3%
+7.9%£378.37MN/A-19.17N/AGap Up
SOLG
SolGold
N/AGBX 7.15
flat
N/A-28.6%£268.15MN/A-4.38461Positive News
KP2
Kore Potash
N/AGBX 3.52
+5.1%
N/A+241.2%£192.83M£181.33M-162,962.9621Gap Down
High Trading Volume
ECOR
Ecora Resources
4.1577 of 5 stars
GBX 58.40
+0.5%
GBX 137.50
+135.4%
-30.8%£179.54M£94.02M7.7150Dividend Cut
High Trading Volume
CAPD
Capital
2.6211 of 5 stars
GBX 69.80
-1.1%
GBX 60
-14.0%
-29.8%£170.58M£416.20M5.872,739
BSE
Base Resources
N/AN/AGBX 13
+∞
N/A£143.91M£135.11M-387.501,744
TRR
Trident Royalties
N/AN/AN/AN/A£142.44M£9.52M4,860.009

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This page (LON:S32) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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