S32 vs. AAL, ADT1, GFM, KMR, SOLG, SVML, CAPD, ECOR, MNRG, and BSE
Should you be buying South32 stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of South32 include Anglo American (AAL), Adriatic Metals (ADT1), Griffin Mining (GFM), Kenmare Resources (KMR), SolGold (SOLG), Sovereign Metals (SVML), Capital (CAPD), Ecora Resources (ECOR), MetalNRG (MNRG), and Base Resources (BSE). These companies are all part of the "other industrial metals & mining" industry.
South32 vs.
Anglo American (LON:AAL) and South32 (LON:S32) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Anglo American has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, South32 has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Anglo American had 2 more articles in the media than South32. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Anglo American and 0 mentions for South32. South32's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Anglo American's score of -0.30 indicating that South32 is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Anglo American presently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,715, suggesting a potential upside of 11.20%. South32 has a consensus price target of GBX 200.75, suggesting a potential upside of 15.97%. Given South32's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe South32 is more favorable than Anglo American.
73.7% of Anglo American shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.5% of South32 shares are held by institutional investors. 9.8% of Anglo American shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of South32 shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Anglo American received 1009 more outperform votes than South32 when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.32% of users gave Anglo American an outperform vote while only 38.46% of users gave South32 an outperform vote.
South32 has a net margin of -3.63% compared to Anglo American's net margin of -5.61%. Anglo American's return on equity of -2.24% beat South32's return on equity.
South32 has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Anglo American. Anglo American is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than South32, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Anglo American pays an annual dividend of GBX 65 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. South32 pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Anglo American pays out -6,250.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. South32 pays out -2,727.3% 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. Anglo American is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Anglo American beats South32 on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:S32) was last updated on 1/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
