Harmony Gold Mining (HMY) Competitors

Harmony Gold Mining (NYSE:HMY) and Barrick Mining (NYSE:B) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts rate HMY or B?

Harmony Gold Mining currently has a consensus target price of $8.40, indicating a potential downside of 42.54%. Barrick Mining has a consensus target price of $24.05, indicating a potential upside of 13.32%. Given Barrick Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Barrick Mining is more favorable than Harmony Gold Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Harmony Gold Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Barrick Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Is HMY or B more profitable?

Barrick Mining has a net margin of 17.46% compared to Harmony Gold Mining's net margin of 0.00%. Barrick Mining's return on equity of 7.51% beat Harmony Gold Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Harmony Gold Mining	N/A	N/A	N/A
Barrick Mining	17.46%	7.51%	5.25%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, HMY or B?

Barrick Mining has higher revenue and earnings than Harmony Gold Mining. Harmony Gold Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Barrick Mining, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Harmony Gold Mining	$3.31B	2.81	$459.40M	$1.69	8.65
Barrick Mining	$12.92B	2.82	$2.14B	$1.33	15.95

Is HMY or B a better dividend stock?

Harmony Gold Mining pays an annual dividend of $0.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Barrick Mining pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Harmony Gold Mining pays out 11.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Barrick Mining pays out 30.1% 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.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in HMY or B?

31.8% of Harmony Gold Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of Barrick Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.0% of Harmony Gold Mining shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Barrick Mining shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, HMY or B?

Harmony Gold Mining has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barrick Mining has a beta of 0.28, indicating that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer HMY or B?

In the previous week, Barrick Mining had 24 more articles in the media than Harmony Gold Mining. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Barrick Mining and 2 mentions for Harmony Gold Mining. Harmony Gold Mining's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Barrick Mining's score of 0.62 indicating that Harmony Gold Mining is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Harmony Gold Mining	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Barrick Mining	11 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Barrick Mining beats Harmony Gold Mining on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.