FRES vs. POLY, THS, SLP, GEM, EUA, PDL, EEE, GMET, GEMD, and UFO
Should you be buying Fresnillo stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fresnillo include Polymetal International (POLY), Tharisa (THS), Sylvania Platinum (SLP), Gemfields Group (GEM), Eurasia Mining (EUA), Petra Diamonds (PDL), Empire Metals (EEE), Golden Metal Resources (GMET), Gem Diamonds (GEMD), and Alien Metals (UFO). These companies are all part of the "other precious metals & mining" industry.
Fresnillo (LON:FRES) and Polymetal International (LON:POLY) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Fresnillo has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Polymetal International. Polymetal International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fresnillo, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Fresnillo received 114 more outperform votes than Polymetal International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.50% of users gave Polymetal International an outperform vote while only 53.12% of users gave Fresnillo an outperform vote.
Fresnillo has a net margin of 8.65% compared to Polymetal International's net margin of -10.28%. Fresnillo's return on equity of 7.22% beat Polymetal International's return on equity.
Fresnillo pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Polymetal International pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Fresnillo pays out 2,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Polymetal International pays out -91.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
In the previous week, Fresnillo had 1 more articles in the media than Polymetal International. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Fresnillo and 0 mentions for Polymetal International. Fresnillo's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Polymetal International's score of 0.00 indicating that Fresnillo is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Fresnillo presently has a consensus target price of GBX 651.25, indicating a potential upside of 16.29%. Given Fresnillo's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Fresnillo is more favorable than Polymetal International.
Fresnillo has a beta of 0.22, indicating that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Polymetal International has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
22.3% of Fresnillo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.2% of Polymetal International shares are owned by institutional investors. 75.0% of Fresnillo shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.0% of Polymetal International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Fresnillo beats Polymetal International on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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