Lundin Mining (LUN) Competitors

Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO) (TSE:KAT) and Lundin Mining (TSE:LUN) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, community ranking and earnings.

Is KAT or LUN more profitable?

Lundin Mining has a net margin of 6.63% compared to Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO)'s net margin of 0.00%. Lundin Mining's return on equity of 5.55% beat Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO)'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO)	N/A	N/A	N/A
Lundin Mining	6.63%	5.55%	4.56%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor KAT or LUN?

Lundin Mining received 606 more outperform votes than Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO) when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.15% of users gave Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO) an outperform vote while only 57.14% of users gave Lundin Mining an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO)	Outperform Votes 130 69.15%	Underperform Votes 58 30.85%
Lundin Mining	Outperform Votes 736 57.14%	Underperform Votes 552 42.86%

Do analysts recommend KAT or LUN?

Lundin Mining has a consensus price target of C$16.02, suggesting a potential upside of 37.90%. Given Lundin Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Lundin Mining is more favorable than Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO).

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO)	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Lundin Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.79

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, KAT or LUN?

Lundin Mining has higher revenue and earnings than Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO). Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lundin 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
Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO)	C$1.39B	0.00	-C$11.75B	-C$0.19	N/A
Lundin Mining	C$3.27B	2.17	C$216.85M	C$0.50	23.06

Does the media refer more to KAT or LUN?

In the previous week, Lundin Mining had 7 more articles in the media than Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO). MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Lundin Mining and 0 mentions for Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO). Lundin Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO)'s score of 0.00 indicating that Lundin Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO)	Neutral
Lundin Mining	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in KAT or LUN?

57.6% of Lundin Mining shares are held by institutional investors. 15.7% of Lundin Mining shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Lundin Mining beats Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO) on 16 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.