LUN vs. FM, KAT, TRQ, CS, HBM, ERO, IE, NSU, AYM, and CMMC
Should you be buying Lundin Mining stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lundin Mining include First Quantum Minerals (FM), 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.
First Quantum Minerals (TSE:FM) and Lundin Mining (TSE:LUN) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and earnings.
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 has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
First Quantum Minerals presently has a consensus price target of C$17.78, indicating a potential upside of 1.56%. Lundin Mining has a consensus price target of C$16.17, indicating a potential upside of 3.20%. Given First Quantum Minerals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Lundin Mining is more favorable than First Quantum Minerals.
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.
51.7% of First Quantum Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.7% of Lundin Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.1% of First Quantum Minerals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.7% of Lundin Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, First Quantum Minerals and First Quantum Minerals both had 19 articles in the media. First Quantum Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Lundin Mining's score of 0.43 indicating that Lundin Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
First Quantum Minerals pays an annual dividend of C$0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Lundin Mining pays an annual dividend of C$0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. First Quantum Minerals pays out -9.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 has a beta of 1.96, meaning that its stock price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lundin Mining has a beta of 1.82, meaning that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Lundin Mining beats First Quantum Minerals on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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