Anglo American (AAL) Competitors

Anglo American (LON:AAL) and Greene King (LON:GNK) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.

Does the media refer more to AAL or GNK?

In the previous week, Anglo American had 6 more articles in the media than Greene King. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Anglo American and 0 mentions for Greene King. Anglo American's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Greene King's score of 0.00 indicating that Anglo American is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Anglo American	Positive
Greene King	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AAL or GNK?

Anglo American received 325 more outperform votes than Greene King when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.37% of users gave Greene King an outperform vote while only 52.32% of users gave Anglo American an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Anglo American	Outperform Votes 1013 52.32%	Underperform Votes 923 47.68%
Greene King	Outperform Votes 688 80.37%	Underperform Votes 168 19.63%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of AAL or GNK?

73.7% of Anglo American shares are held by institutional investors. 9.8% of Anglo American shares are held 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.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, AAL or GNK?

Greene King has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Anglo American. Anglo American is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Greene King, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Anglo American	£29.44B	0.97	-£1.65B	-£1.04	-2,262.50
Greene King	£2.22B	1.19	N/A	£38.70	21.94

Is AAL or GNK a better dividend stock?

Anglo American pays an annual dividend of GBX 65 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Greene King pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.33 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Anglo American pays out -6,250.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Greene King pays out 0.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Anglo American is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts recommend AAL or GNK?

Anglo American presently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,715, suggesting a potential upside of 15.38%. Given Anglo American's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Anglo American is more favorable than Greene King.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Anglo American	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Greene King	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is AAL or GNK more profitable?

Greene King has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Anglo American's net margin of -5.61%. Greene King's return on equity of 0.00% beat Anglo American's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Anglo American	-5.61%	-2.24%	5.94%
Greene King	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Anglo American beats Greene King on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.