FM vs. LUN, KAT, TRQ, CS, HBM, ERO, IE, NSU, AYM, and CMMC
Should you be buying First Quantum Minerals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Quantum Minerals include Lundin Mining (LUN), Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO) (KAT), Turquoise Hill Resources (TRQ), Capstone Copper (CS), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), Ero Copper (ERO), Ivanhoe Electric (IE), Nevsun Resources (NSU), Atalaya Mining (AYM), and Copper Mountain Mining (CMMC). These companies are all part of the "copper" industry.
Lundin Mining (TSE:LUN) and First Quantum Minerals (TSE:FM) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations and dividends.
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 beta of 1.82, suggesting that its share price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Quantum Minerals has a beta of 1.96, suggesting that its share price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 1.2%. Lundin Mining pays out 189.5% 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 -9.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
In the previous week, Lundin Mining had 1 more articles in the media than First Quantum Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Lundin Mining and 18 mentions for First Quantum Minerals. Lundin Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat First Quantum Minerals' score of 0.46 indicating that First Quantum Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
56.7% of Lundin Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.7% of First Quantum Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.7% of Lundin Mining shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.1% of First Quantum Minerals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Lundin Mining presently has a consensus target price of C$16.17, indicating a potential upside of 3.20%. First Quantum Minerals has a consensus target price of C$17.78, indicating a potential upside of 1.56%. Given First Quantum Minerals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Lundin Mining is more favorable than First Quantum Minerals.
Lundin Mining has a net margin of 3.04% compared to Lundin Mining's net margin of -20.02%. First Quantum Minerals' return on equity of 3.49% beat Lundin Mining's return on equity.
Lundin Mining received 44 more outperform votes than First Quantum Minerals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.77% of users gave Lundin Mining an outperform vote while only 46.58% of users gave First Quantum Minerals an outperform vote.
Summary
Lundin Mining beats First Quantum Minerals on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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