Pan African Resources (PAF) Competitors

Pan African Resources (LON:PAF) and Hochschild Mining (LON:HOC) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and profitability.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in PAF or HOC?

71.5% of Pan African Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.0% of Hochschild Mining shares are held by institutional investors. 17.7% of Pan African Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 38.7% of Hochschild Mining shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend PAF or HOC?

Pan African Resources presently has a consensus target price of GBX 36.50, suggesting a potential downside of 8.16%. Hochschild Mining has a consensus target price of GBX 273, suggesting a potential upside of 8.68%. Given Hochschild Mining's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hochschild Mining is more favorable than Pan African Resources.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pan African Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Hochschild Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Is PAF or HOC a better dividend stock?

Pan African Resources pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Hochschild Mining pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Pan African Resources pays out 47.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hochschild Mining pays out 85.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Pan African Resources is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PAF or HOC?

Pan African Resources received 1 more outperform votes than Hochschild Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.42% of users gave Pan African Resources an outperform vote while only 44.94% of users gave Hochschild Mining an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pan African Resources	Outperform Votes 405 76.42%	Underperform Votes 125 23.58%
Hochschild Mining	Outperform Votes 404 44.94%	Underperform Votes 495 55.06%

Which has more risk and volatility, PAF or HOC?

Pan African Resources has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hochschild Mining has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, PAF or HOC?

Pan African Resources has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hochschild Mining. Pan African Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hochschild Mining, 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
Pan African Resources	£266.93M	3.25	£58.60M	£2.12	18.77
Hochschild Mining	£1.01B	1.61	£38.41M	£4.69	53.58

Does the media favor PAF or HOC?

In the previous week, Hochschild Mining had 1 more articles in the media than Pan African Resources. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Hochschild Mining and 1 mentions for Pan African Resources. Pan African Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Hochschild Mining's score of 0.15 indicating that Pan African Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pan African Resources	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Hochschild Mining	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is PAF or HOC more profitable?

Pan African Resources has a net margin of 21.95% compared to Hochschild Mining's net margin of 3.79%. Pan African Resources' return on equity of 16.03% beat Hochschild Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pan African Resources	21.95%	16.03%	12.99%
Hochschild Mining	3.79%	4.90%	7.11%

Summary

Pan African Resources beats Hochschild Mining on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.