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South32 (S32) Competitors

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GBX 167.80 +0.80 (+0.48%)
(As of 05:15 AM ET)

S32 vs. AAL, ADT1, MNRG, KMR, GFM, SVML, SOLG, CAPD, ECOR, and BSE

Should you be buying South32 stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of South32 include Anglo American (AAL), Adriatic Metals (ADT1), MetalNRG (MNRG), Kenmare Resources (KMR), Griffin Mining (GFM), Sovereign Metals (SVML), SolGold (SOLG), Capital (CAPD), Ecora Resources (ECOR), and Base Resources (BSE). These companies are all part of the "other industrial metals & mining" industry.

South32 vs.

Anglo American (LON:AAL) and South32 (LON:S32) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.

73.7% of Anglo American shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.5% of South32 shares are held by institutional investors. 9.8% of Anglo American shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of South32 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.

Anglo American has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, South32 has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Anglo American received 1009 more outperform votes than South32 when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.32% of users gave Anglo American an outperform vote while only 41.67% of users gave South32 an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Anglo AmericanOutperform Votes
1014
52.32%
Underperform Votes
924
47.68%
South32Outperform Votes
5
41.67%
Underperform Votes
7
58.33%

South32 has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Anglo American. Anglo American is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than South32, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Anglo American£29.44B1.00-£1.65B-£1.04-2,336.54
South32£5.59B1.35-£638M-£0.11-1,518.18

Anglo American presently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,715, indicating a potential upside of 11.73%. South32 has a consensus price target of GBX 227.67, indicating a potential upside of 36.33%. Given South32's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe South32 is more favorable than Anglo American.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Anglo American
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
South32
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

Anglo American pays an annual dividend of GBX 65 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. South32 pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Anglo American pays out -6,250.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. South32 pays out -2,727.3% 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.

South32 has a net margin of -3.63% compared to Anglo American's net margin of -5.61%. Anglo American's return on equity of -2.24% beat South32's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Anglo American-5.61% -2.24% 5.94%
South32 -3.63%-6.98%0.23%

In the previous week, Anglo American and Anglo American both had 5 articles in the media. Anglo American's average media sentiment score of 0.19 beat South32's score of -0.10 indicating that Anglo American is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Anglo American
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
South32
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Anglo American beats South32 on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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S32 vs. The Competition

MetricSouth32Other Industrial Metals & Mining IndustryMaterials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£7.53B£846.38M£2.78B£1.41B
Dividend Yield1.46%6.47%5.29%12.25%
P/E Ratio-1,518.1885.81118.991,601.85
Price / Sales1.3558,756.64761,123.77316,432.38
Price / CashN/A24.4323.6734.47
Price / Book0.842.453.462.99
Net Income-£638M£56.16M£152.60M£120.74M
7 Day Performance-3.02%-2.53%-2.84%22.57%
1 Month Performance-10.02%24.27%4.48%21.62%
1 Year Performance-2.57%30.58%20.72%27.17%

South32 Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
S32
South32
1.5477 of 5 stars
GBX 167.80
+0.5%
GBX 227.67
+35.7%
-1.1%£7.57B£5.59B-1,525.459,616
AAL
Anglo American
1.1085 of 5 stars
GBX 2,436.50
-1.0%
GBX 2,715
+11.4%
+33.2%£29.48B£29.44B-2,341.83129,700
ADT1
Adriatic Metals
0.3375 of 5 stars
GBX 203
-1.5%
GBX 220
+8.4%
+26.8%£658.69MN/A-1,872.73296
MNRG
MetalNRG
N/AGBX 40
-7.8%
N/A+72,900.0%£492M£-38,422.00-0.386Gap Up
KMR
Kenmare Resources
3.5172 of 5 stars
GBX 336
+0.1%
GBX 420
+25.0%
-18.1%£299.81M£380.68M486.231,687News Coverage
GFM
Griffin Mining
1.4357 of 5 stars
GBX 142.52
-2.4%
GBX 190
+33.3%
+76.8%£261.25M£162.25M1,622.22448
SVML
Sovereign Metals
1.7558 of 5 stars
GBX 38.80
-1.0%
GBX 55
+41.8%
+76.7%£232.75M£-32,875.00-1,975.00N/ANews Coverage
SOLG
SolGold
N/AGBX 7.40
+3.1%
N/A-5.4%£222MN/A-755.00461Gap Up
CAPD
Capital
3.3751 of 5 stars
GBX 85
-1.2%
GBX 130
+52.9%
-1.5%£166.82M£333.59M781.822,739High Trading Volume
ECOR
Ecora Resources
4.0599 of 5 stars
GBX 62.59
+0.1%
GBX 140
+123.7%
-27.6%£155.59M£68.62M1,043.0850Positive News
BSE
Base Resources
N/AGBX 12.30
+6.0%
GBX 24
+95.1%
+79.6%£143.91M£135.11M-387.501,744

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This page (LON:S32) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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