IVN vs. FNV, WPM, FM, TNX, TECK.B, LUN, NTR, K, PAAS, and WFG
Should you be buying Ivanhoe Mines stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ivanhoe Mines include Franco-Nevada (FNV), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), First Quantum Minerals (FM), TRX Gold (TNX), Teck Resources (TECK.B), Lundin Mining (LUN), Nutrien (NTR), Kinross Gold (K), Pan American Silver (PAAS), and West Fraser Timber (WFG). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Ivanhoe Mines (TSE:IVN) and Franco-Nevada (TSE:FNV) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation and earnings.
Ivanhoe Mines received 317 more outperform votes than Franco-Nevada when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.38% of users gave Ivanhoe Mines an outperform vote while only 47.74% of users gave Franco-Nevada an outperform vote.
33.7% of Ivanhoe Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of Franco-Nevada shares are owned by institutional investors. 50.9% of Ivanhoe Mines shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Franco-Nevada shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Ivanhoe Mines has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Franco-Nevada's net margin of -39.96%. Ivanhoe Mines' return on equity of 9.43% beat Franco-Nevada's return on equity.
Ivanhoe Mines has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Franco-Nevada. Franco-Nevada is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ivanhoe Mines, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ivanhoe Mines presently has a consensus target price of C$22.17, suggesting a potential upside of 13.21%. Franco-Nevada has a consensus target price of C$191.50, suggesting a potential upside of 11.02%. Given Ivanhoe Mines' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Ivanhoe Mines is more favorable than Franco-Nevada.
Ivanhoe Mines has a beta of 2.01, suggesting that its share price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franco-Nevada has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Ivanhoe Mines had 3 more articles in the media than Franco-Nevada. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Ivanhoe Mines and 15 mentions for Franco-Nevada. Franco-Nevada's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Ivanhoe Mines' score of 0.43 indicating that Franco-Nevada is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Ivanhoe Mines beats Franco-Nevada on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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