First Quantum Minerals (FM) Competitors

Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO) (TSE:KAT) and First Quantum Minerals (TSE:FM) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.

Is KAT or FM more profitable?

Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO) has a net margin of 0.00% compared to First Quantum Minerals' net margin of -24.07%. Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO)'s return on equity of 0.00% beat First Quantum Minerals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO)	N/A	N/A	N/A
First Quantum Minerals	-24.07%	-14.87%	2.31%

Does the media refer more to KAT or FM?

In the previous week, First Quantum Minerals had 13 more articles in the media than Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO). MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for First Quantum Minerals and 0 mentions for Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO). First Quantum Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO)'s score of 0.00 indicating that First Quantum Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO)	Neutral
First Quantum Minerals	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in KAT or FM?

First Quantum Minerals received 559 more outperform votes than Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO) when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.15% of users gave Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO) an outperform vote while only 46.15% of users gave First Quantum Minerals an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO)	Outperform Votes 130 69.15%	Underperform Votes 58 30.85%
First Quantum Minerals	Outperform Votes 689 46.15%	Underperform Votes 804 53.85%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in KAT or FM?

53.0% of First Quantum Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. 19.4% of First Quantum Minerals 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 KAT or FM?

First Quantum Minerals has a consensus target price of C$21.18, indicating a potential upside of 11.44%. Given First Quantum Minerals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe First Quantum Minerals is more favorable than Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO).

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO)	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
First Quantum Minerals	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.47

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, KAT or FM?

First Quantum Minerals has higher revenue and earnings than Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO). First Quantum Minerals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO), 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
Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO)	C$1.39B	0.00	-C$11.75B	-C$0.19	N/A
First Quantum Minerals	C$5.51B	2.88	-C$1.33B	-C$2.59	-7.34

Summary

First Quantum Minerals beats Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO) on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.