South32 (S32) Competitors GBX 130 -0.60 (-0.46%) As of 04/17/2025 11:50 AM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesBuy This Stock S32 vs. ADT1, KMR, SVML, GFM, SOLG, CAPD, ECOR, GWMO, BSE, and TRRShould you be buying South32 stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of South32 include Adriatic Metals (ADT1), Kenmare Resources (KMR), Sovereign Metals (SVML), Griffin Mining (GFM), SolGold (SOLG), Capital (CAPD), Ecora Resources (ECOR), Great Western Mining (GWMO), Base Resources (BSE), and Trident Royalties (TRR). These companies are all part of the "other industrial metals & mining" industry. South32 vs. Adriatic Metals Kenmare Resources Sovereign Metals Griffin Mining SolGold Capital Ecora Resources Great Western Mining Base Resources Trident Royalties South32 (LON:S32) and Adriatic Metals (LON:ADT1) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and risk. Do analysts prefer S32 or ADT1? South32 presently has a consensus price target of GBX 205, suggesting a potential upside of 57.69%. Adriatic Metals has a consensus price target of GBX 180, suggesting a potential downside of 10.22%. Given South32's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe South32 is more favorable than Adriatic Metals.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score South32 2 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 1.75Adriatic Metals 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00 Is S32 or ADT1 more profitable? South32 has a net margin of 1.66% compared to Adriatic Metals' net margin of 0.00%. South32's return on equity of 0.58% beat Adriatic Metals' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets South321.66% 0.58% 0.23% Adriatic Metals N/A -36.22%-6.80% Which has more volatility & risk, S32 or ADT1? South32 has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adriatic Metals has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Which has better earnings & valuation, S32 or ADT1? South32 has higher revenue and earnings than Adriatic Metals. Adriatic Metals 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 RatioSouth32£6.03B1.21£100.01M£1.4291.34Adriatic MetalsN/AN/A-£68.31M-£13.26-15.12 Does the media prefer S32 or ADT1? In the previous week, South32 had 5 more articles in the media than Adriatic Metals. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for South32 and 0 mentions for Adriatic Metals. Adriatic Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat South32's score of -0.16 indicating that Adriatic Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment South32 Neutral Adriatic Metals Neutral Does the MarketBeat Community prefer S32 or ADT1? Adriatic Metals received 13 more outperform votes than South32 when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 85.71% of users gave Adriatic Metals an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave South32 an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformSouth32Outperform Votes533.33% Underperform Votes1066.67% Adriatic MetalsOutperform Votes1885.71% Underperform Votes314.29% Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of S32 or ADT1? 44.5% of South32 shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.2% of Adriatic Metals shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of South32 shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of Adriatic Metals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. SummarySouth32 beats Adriatic Metals on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks. Get South32 News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for S32 and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart S32 vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricSouth32Other Industrial Metals & Mining IndustryMaterials SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£7.31B£966.72M£2.98B£2.51BDividend Yield2.02%6.22%5.23%4.80%P/E Ratio91.3448.8275.92130.54Price / Sales1.2120,345.4223,145,364,078,952,100.00234,951.25Price / CashN/A25.2124.3928.33Price / Book0.437.205.244.43Net Income£100.01M£70.70M£155.54M£5.90B7 Day Performance0.62%4.69%2.73%2.86%1 Month Performance-25.20%7.76%1.94%-0.95%1 Year Performance-22.80%43.41%16.40%22.22% South32 Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)S32South321.3982 of 5 starsGBX 130-0.5%GBX 205+57.7%-22.8%£7.31B£6.03B91.349,616Analyst ForecastNews CoverageADT1Adriatic MetalsN/AGBX 212flatGBX 180-15.1%-8.7%£866.85MN/A-15.99296High Trading VolumeKMRKenmare Resources4.2029 of 5 starsGBX 399.08+0.3%GBX 580+45.3%+22.9%£441.18M£440.17M5.621,687News CoverageSVMLSovereign Metals1.398 of 5 starsGBX 35.48+5.9%GBX 55+55.0%+46.9%£422.99MN/A-21.44N/AGap UpGFMGriffin Mining0.9939 of 5 starsGBX 177+2.6%GBX 190+7.3%+24.5%£408.24M£196.43M19.77448News CoverageSOLGSolGoldN/AGBX 7.47-1.7%N/A-25.3%£280.15MN/A-4.57461News CoverageHigh Trading VolumeCAPDCapital2.4834 of 5 starsGBX 65.44+0.7%GBX 95+45.2%-31.0%£159.92M£416.20M5.502,739ECOREcora Resources4.0149 of 5 starsGBX 51.40+2.6%GBX 136.25+165.1%-38.3%£158.02M£94.02M6.7850Dividend CutGap UpHigh Trading VolumeGWMOGreat Western MiningN/AGBX 1.75-2.8%N/A+3,814.9%£146.13MN/A-2.359Gap DownBSEBase Resources1.5219 of 5 starsN/AGBX 24+∞N/A£143.91M£135.11M-387.501,744TRRTrident RoyaltiesN/AN/AN/AN/A£142.44M£9.52M4,860.009 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Adriatic Metals Competitors Kenmare Resources Competitors Sovereign Metals Competitors Griffin Mining Competitors SolGold Competitors Capital Competitors Ecora Resources Competitors Great Western Mining Competitors Base Resources Competitors Trident Royalties Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (LON:S32) was last updated on 4/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersMy prediction is coming trueWe've developed a surprisingly effective way to see which stocks could double during massive shake-ups, by usi...InvestorPlace | SponsoredDOGE Social Security bombshell?Elon Musk just dropped another bombshell... 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