S32 vs. AAL, CRDA, MNDI, FRES, EDV, JMAT, WPM, ANTO, ADT1, and KMR
Should you be buying South32 stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of South32 include Anglo American (AAL), Croda International (CRDA), Mondi (MNDI), Fresnillo (FRES), Endeavour Mining (EDV), Johnson Matthey (JMAT), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Antofagasta (ANTO), Adriatic Metals (ADT1), and Kenmare Resources (KMR). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
South32 (LON:S32) and Anglo American (LON:AAL) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
37.5% of South32 shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.4% of Anglo American shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of South32 shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of Anglo American shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
South32 pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Anglo American pays an annual dividend of GBX 76 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. South32 pays out -2,142.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Anglo American pays out 42,222.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Anglo American has higher revenue and earnings than South32. South32 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Anglo American, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
South32 presently has a consensus price target of GBX 247.67, suggesting a potential upside of 40.56%. Anglo American has a consensus price target of GBX 2,493.33, suggesting a potential downside of 3.88%. Given South32's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe South32 is more favorable than Anglo American.
In the previous week, Anglo American had 12 more articles in the media than South32. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Anglo American and 6 mentions for South32. Anglo American's average media sentiment score of 0.14 beat South32's score of -0.29 indicating that Anglo American is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Anglo American received 1004 more outperform votes than South32 when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave South32 an outperform vote while only 52.39% of users gave Anglo American an outperform vote.
Anglo American has a net margin of 0.92% compared to South32's net margin of -11.53%. Anglo American's return on equity of 4.10% beat South32's return on equity.
South32 has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Anglo American has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Anglo American beats South32 on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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