Antofagasta (ANTO) Competitors

Atalaya Mining (LON:ATYM) and Antofagasta (LON:ANTO) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and community ranking.

Do analysts recommend ATYM or ANTO?

Atalaya Mining currently has a consensus price target of GBX 507.50, suggesting a potential upside of 52.17%. Antofagasta has a consensus price target of GBX 2,005.71, suggesting a potential upside of 24.31%. Given Atalaya Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Atalaya Mining is more favorable than Antofagasta.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Atalaya Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Antofagasta	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is ATYM or ANTO more profitable?

Antofagasta has a net margin of 11.96% compared to Atalaya Mining's net margin of 10.50%. Antofagasta's return on equity of 9.83% beat Atalaya Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Atalaya Mining	10.50%	6.58%	2.82%
Antofagasta	11.96%	9.83%	5.23%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ATYM or ANTO?

Antofagasta received 149 more outperform votes than Atalaya Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 79.65% of users gave Atalaya Mining an outperform vote while only 42.26% of users gave Antofagasta an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Atalaya Mining	Outperform Votes 454 79.65%	Underperform Votes 116 20.35%
Antofagasta	Outperform Votes 603 42.26%	Underperform Votes 824 57.74%

Which has better valuation and earnings, ATYM or ANTO?

Antofagasta has higher revenue and earnings than Atalaya Mining. Atalaya Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Antofagasta, 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
Atalaya Mining	£333.10M	1.41	£34.99M	£0.20	1,667.50
Antofagasta	£6.39B	2.49	£764.30M	£0.59	2,734.75

Is ATYM or ANTO a better dividend stock?

Atalaya Mining pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Antofagasta pays an annual dividend of GBX 26 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Atalaya Mining pays out 3,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Antofagasta pays out 4,406.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Atalaya Mining is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk and volatility, ATYM or ANTO?

Atalaya Mining has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Antofagasta has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to ATYM or ANTO?

In the previous week, Antofagasta had 1 more articles in the media than Atalaya Mining. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Antofagasta and 2 mentions for Atalaya Mining. Atalaya Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Antofagasta's score of -0.19 indicating that Atalaya Mining is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Atalaya Mining	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Antofagasta	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals believe in ATYM or ANTO?

54.0% of Atalaya Mining shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.3% of Antofagasta shares are held by institutional investors. 31.4% of Atalaya Mining shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 65.4% of Antofagasta shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Antofagasta beats Atalaya Mining on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.