Antofagasta (ANTO) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, TKO or ANTO?

Taseko Mines has a beta of 1.92, indicating that its share price is 92% 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.

Is TKO or ANTO more profitable?

Taseko Mines has a net margin of 12.66% compared to Antofagasta's net margin of 11.96%. Taseko Mines' return on equity of 16.33% beat Antofagasta's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Taseko Mines	12.66%	16.33%	3.36%
Antofagasta	11.96%	8.52%	5.23%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, TKO or ANTO?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Taseko Mines	£1.18B	0.71	£148.77M	£15.43	10.05
Antofagasta	£7.99B	2.37	£955.17M	£62.03	24.77

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TKO or ANTO?

Antofagasta received 599 more outperform votes than Taseko Mines when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Taseko Mines an outperform vote while only 42.46% of users gave Antofagasta an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Taseko Mines	Outperform Votes 9 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Antofagasta	Outperform Votes 608 42.46%	Underperform Votes 824 57.54%

Do analysts rate TKO or ANTO?

Taseko Mines presently has a consensus target price of GBX 287.50, suggesting a potential upside of 85.48%. Antofagasta has a consensus target price of GBX 2,185, suggesting a potential upside of 42.21%. Given Taseko Mines' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Taseko Mines is more favorable than Antofagasta.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Taseko Mines	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Antofagasta	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43

Do institutionals and insiders believe in TKO or ANTO?

30.8% of Taseko Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.3% of Antofagasta shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Taseko Mines shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 65.4% of Antofagasta shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to TKO or ANTO?

In the previous week, Taseko Mines and Taseko Mines both had 1 articles in the media. Antofagasta's average media sentiment score of 0.07 beat Taseko Mines' score of -0.98 indicating that Antofagasta is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Taseko Mines	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative
Antofagasta	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Antofagasta beats Taseko Mines on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.