FRES vs. POLY, THS, SLP, GEM, PDL, EEE, EUA, 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), Petra Diamonds (PDL), Empire Metals (EEE), Eurasia Mining (EUA), Golden Metal Resources (GMET), Gem Diamonds (GEMD), and Alien Metals (UFO). These companies are all part of the "other precious metals & mining" industry.
Polymetal International (LON:POLY) and Fresnillo (LON:FRES) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.
Polymetal International pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.44 per share. Fresnillo pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Polymetal International pays out -91.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.
In the previous week, Fresnillo had 9 more articles in the media than Polymetal International. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Fresnillo and 0 mentions for Polymetal International. Fresnillo's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Polymetal International's score of 0.11 indicating that Polymetal International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Fresnillo has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
30.2% of Polymetal International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.3% of Fresnillo shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.0% of Polymetal International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 75.0% of Fresnillo shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Polymetal International has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fresnillo has a beta of 0.22, suggesting that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Fresnillo has a consensus target price of GBX 651.25, indicating a potential upside of 5.13%.
Fresnillo has a net margin of 8.65% compared to Fresnillo's net margin of -10.28%. Polymetal International's return on equity of 7.22% beat Fresnillo's return on equity.
Summary
Fresnillo beats Polymetal International on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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