FM vs. KAT, TRQ, LUN, CS, HBM, NSU, ERO, TKO, IE, and AYM
Should you be buying First Quantum Minerals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Quantum Minerals include Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO) (KAT), Turquoise Hill Resources (TRQ), Lundin Mining (LUN), Capstone Copper (CS), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), Nevsun Resources (NSU), Ero Copper (ERO), Taseko Mines (TKO), Ivanhoe Electric (IE), and Atalaya Mining (AYM). These companies are all part of the "copper" industry.
First Quantum Minerals vs.
Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO) (TSE:KAT) and First Quantum Minerals (TSE:FM) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and profitability.
First Quantum Minerals has a consensus price target of C$21.57, indicating a potential upside of 2.98%. Given First Quantum Minerals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe First Quantum Minerals is more favorable than Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO).
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.
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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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 45.99% of users gave First Quantum Minerals an outperform vote.
In the previous week, First Quantum Minerals had 14 more articles in the media than Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO). MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for First Quantum Minerals and 0 mentions for Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO). First Quantum Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.45 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.
Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO) has a net margin of 0.00% compared to First Quantum Minerals' net margin of -32.41%. Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO)'s return on equity of 0.00% beat First Quantum Minerals' return on equity.
Summary
First Quantum Minerals beats Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO) on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:FM) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
