Fresnillo (FRES) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer FRES or THS?

Fresnillo currently has a consensus price target of GBX 711.67, indicating a potential upside of 11.81%. Tharisa has a consensus price target of GBX 120, indicating a potential upside of 87.50%. Given Tharisa's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Tharisa is more favorable than Fresnillo.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fresnillo	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Tharisa	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FRES or THS?

Fresnillo received 204 more outperform votes than Tharisa when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 82.76% of users gave Tharisa an outperform vote while only 53.05% of users gave Fresnillo an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fresnillo	Outperform Votes 444 53.05%	Underperform Votes 393 46.95%
Tharisa	Outperform Votes 240 82.76%	Underperform Votes 50 17.24%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of FRES or THS?

21.2% of Fresnillo shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.9% of Tharisa shares are held by institutional investors. 75.0% of Fresnillo shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 65.7% of Tharisa shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, FRES or THS?

Fresnillo has higher revenue and earnings than Tharisa. Tharisa is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fresnillo, 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
Fresnillo	£2.85B	1.65	£247.83M	£0.24	2,652.08
Tharisa	£683.75M	0.28	£68.59M	£0.21	304.76

Which has more volatility and risk, FRES or THS?

Fresnillo has a beta of 0.15, meaning that its stock price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tharisa has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor FRES or THS?

In the previous week, Fresnillo had 1 more articles in the media than Tharisa. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Fresnillo and 0 mentions for Tharisa. Fresnillo's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Tharisa's score of 0.58 indicating that Fresnillo is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Fresnillo	Positive
Tharisa	Positive

Is FRES or THS a better dividend stock?

Fresnillo pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Tharisa pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Fresnillo pays out 3,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Tharisa pays out 952.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Tharisa is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is FRES or THS more profitable?

Tharisa has a net margin of 10.03% compared to Fresnillo's net margin of 8.70%. Tharisa's return on equity of 10.31% beat Fresnillo's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fresnillo	8.70%	7.86%	4.20%
Tharisa	10.03%	10.31%	5.09%

Summary

Fresnillo beats Tharisa on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.