ANTO vs. TKO, ATYM, CAML, GRX, MOD, GSCU, CCZ, RIO, GLEN, and CRH
Should you be buying Antofagasta stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Antofagasta include Taseko Mines (TKO), Atalaya Mining (ATYM), Central Asia Metals (CAML), GreenX Metals (GRX), Mod Resources (MOD), Great Southern Copper (GSCU), Castillo Copper (CCZ), Rio Tinto Group (RIO), Glencore (GLEN), and CRH (CRH). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Taseko Mines (LON:TKO) and Antofagasta (LON:ANTO) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.
22.0% of Taseko Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.6% of Antofagasta shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Taseko Mines shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 65.5% of Antofagasta shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Antofagasta had 2 more articles in the media than Taseko Mines. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Antofagasta and 0 mentions for Taseko Mines. Taseko Mines' average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Antofagasta's score of -0.51 indicating that Antofagasta is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Antofagasta has a net margin of 13.20% compared to Antofagasta's net margin of 12.19%. Antofagasta's return on equity of 16.43% beat Taseko Mines' return on equity.
Taseko Mines presently has a consensus target price of GBX 275, indicating a potential upside of 25.00%. Antofagasta has a consensus target price of GBX 1,686.25, indicating a potential downside of 23.46%. Given Antofagasta's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Taseko Mines is more favorable than Antofagasta.
Taseko Mines has a beta of 2.09, indicating that its stock price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Antofagasta has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Antofagasta received 597 more outperform votes than Taseko Mines when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Taseko Mines an outperform vote while only 42.32% of users gave Antofagasta an outperform vote.
Antofagasta has higher revenue and earnings than Taseko Mines. Taseko Mines is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Antofagasta, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Antofagasta beats Taseko Mines on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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