FM vs. LUN, CS, HBM, TNX, K, PAAS, WFG, AGI, BTO, and SJ
Should you be buying First Quantum Minerals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Quantum Minerals include Lundin Mining (LUN), Capstone Copper (CS), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), TRX Gold (TNX), Kinross Gold (K), Pan American Silver (PAAS), West Fraser Timber (WFG), Alamos Gold (AGI), B2Gold (BTO), and Stella-Jones (SJ). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Lundin Mining (TSE:LUN) and First Quantum Minerals (TSE:FM) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk and valuation.
Lundin Mining pays an annual dividend of C$0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. First Quantum Minerals pays an annual dividend of C$0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Lundin Mining pays out 85.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. First Quantum Minerals pays out -11.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Lundin Mining has higher earnings, but lower revenue than First Quantum Minerals. First Quantum Minerals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lundin Mining, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lundin Mining has a net margin of 7.12% compared to Lundin Mining's net margin of -14.78%. First Quantum Minerals' return on equity of 5.32% beat Lundin Mining's return on equity.
Lundin Mining presently has a consensus target price of C$14.93, indicating a potential downside of 2.58%. First Quantum Minerals has a consensus target price of C$16.85, indicating a potential upside of 5.69%. Given Lundin Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe First Quantum Minerals is more favorable than Lundin Mining.
Lundin Mining received 43 more outperform votes than First Quantum Minerals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.07% of users gave Lundin Mining an outperform vote while only 46.80% of users gave First Quantum Minerals an outperform vote.
55.9% of Lundin Mining shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.1% of First Quantum Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. 15.7% of Lundin Mining shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.1% of First Quantum Minerals shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, First Quantum Minerals had 7 more articles in the media than Lundin Mining. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for First Quantum Minerals and 28 mentions for Lundin Mining. First Quantum Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Lundin Mining's score of 0.06 indicating that Lundin Mining is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Lundin Mining has a beta of 1.85, suggesting that its stock price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Quantum Minerals has a beta of 2.01, suggesting that its stock price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Lundin Mining beats First Quantum Minerals on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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