ORA vs. TA, RNW, UNS, ET, NFG, POM, GMP, JE, NOU, and AT
Should you be buying Aura Minerals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aura Minerals include TransAlta (TA), TransAlta Renewables (RNW), Uni-Select (UNS), Evertz Technologies (ET), New Found Gold (NFG), PolyMet Mining (POM), GMP Capital Inc. (GMP.TO) (GMP), Just Energy Group (JE), Nouveau Monde Graphite (NOU), and AcuityAds (AT). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
Aura Minerals (TSE:ORA) and TransAlta (TSE:TA) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, risk and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Aura Minerals had 3 more articles in the media than TransAlta. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Aura Minerals and 3 mentions for TransAlta. TransAlta's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Aura Minerals' score of 0.05 indicating that TransAlta is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
TransAlta has a net margin of 19.50% compared to Aura Minerals' net margin of -6.61%. TransAlta's return on equity of 32.01% beat Aura Minerals' return on equity.
Aura Minerals has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TransAlta has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Aura Minerals presently has a consensus target price of C$16.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.75%. TransAlta has a consensus target price of C$15.43, indicating a potential upside of 24.52%. Given TransAlta's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe TransAlta is more favorable than Aura Minerals.
TransAlta received 225 more outperform votes than Aura Minerals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.20% of users gave Aura Minerals an outperform vote while only 53.34% of users gave TransAlta an outperform vote.
4.3% of Aura Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.0% of TransAlta shares are held by institutional investors. 58.0% of Aura Minerals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of TransAlta shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
TransAlta has higher revenue and earnings than Aura Minerals. Aura Minerals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TransAlta, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Aura Minerals pays an annual dividend of C$0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. TransAlta pays an annual dividend of C$0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Aura Minerals pays out -154.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TransAlta pays out 12.6% 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. Aura Minerals is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
TransAlta beats Aura Minerals on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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