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First Quantum Minerals (FM) Competitors

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C$18.28 -0.53 (-2.82%)
(As of 12:45 PM ET)

FM vs. KAT, LUN, TRQ, CS, HBM, ERO, NSU, IE, TKO, 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), Lundin Mining (LUN), Turquoise Hill Resources (TRQ), Capstone Copper (CS), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), Ero Copper (ERO), Nevsun Resources (NSU), Ivanhoe Electric (IE), Taseko Mines (TKO), and Atalaya Mining (AYM). These companies are all part of the "copper" industry.

First Quantum Minerals vs.

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

In the previous week, First Quantum Minerals had 5 more articles in the media than Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO). MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for First Quantum Minerals and 0 mentions for Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO). First Quantum Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO)'s score of 0.00 indicating that First Quantum Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
First Quantum MineralsC$5.51B2.85-C$1.33B-C$2.59-7.26
Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO)C$1.39B0.00-C$11.75B-C$0.19N/A

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
First Quantum Minerals-24.07% -14.87% 2.31%
Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO) N/A N/A N/A

First Quantum Minerals currently has a consensus target price of C$21.05, suggesting a potential upside of 11.92%. 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
First Quantum Minerals
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.47
Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO)
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

53.0% of First Quantum Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.4% of First Quantum Minerals shares are owned 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.

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 46.27% of users gave First Quantum Minerals an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
First Quantum MineralsOutperform Votes
689
46.27%
Underperform Votes
800
53.73%
Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO)Outperform Votes
130
69.15%
Underperform Votes
58
30.85%

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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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE 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.
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FM vs. The Competition

MetricFirst Quantum MineralsCopper IndustryMaterials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$15.69BC$2.33BC$2.78BC$5.47B
Dividend Yield1.57%4.50%5.29%5.73%
P/E Ratio-7.26274.04118.9927.77
Price / Sales2.852,368.76761,123.771,225.62
Price / Cash12.3529.4123.6776.62
Price / Book1.391.893.463.80
Net Income-C$1.33B-C$18.00MC$152.60MC$290.82M
7 Day PerformanceN/A-2.63%-2.84%-2.09%
1 Month PerformanceN/A-3.56%4.48%1.91%
1 Year Performance81.21%18.34%20.72%35.99%

First Quantum Minerals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FM
First Quantum Minerals
2.222 of 5 stars
C$18.28
-2.8%
C$21.05
+15.2%
+82.4%C$15.25BC$5.51B-7.1020,000Analyst Revision
KAT
Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO)
N/AC$0.16
+3.2%
N/AN/AC$9.79BC$1.39B-0.834,457Gap Up
LUN
Lundin Mining
2.3623 of 5 stars
C$12.55
-2.1%
C$17.72
+41.2%
+14.5%C$9.75BC$4.07B45.796,019Analyst Revision
TRQ
Turquoise Hill Resources
N/AC$42.99
0.0%
N/AN/AC$8.65BC$1.65B11.843,480
CS
Capstone Copper
3.1754 of 5 stars
C$8.96
+0.1%
C$12.77
+42.5%
+38.7%C$6.75BC$1.41B-42.621,049Analyst Revision
News Coverage
HBM
Hudbay Minerals
3.1185 of 5 stars
C$12.15
-1.5%
C$15.54
+27.9%
+65.3%C$4.78BC$2.03B33.352,500Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
ERO
Ero Copper
3.1653 of 5 stars
C$19.59
+0.4%
C$33.33
+70.2%
-11.9%C$2.02BC$444.48M-75.852,460News Coverage
NSU
Nevsun Resources
N/AC$6.00
+0.2%
N/AN/AC$1.82BC$335.39M-50.00N/A
IE
Ivanhoe Electric
N/AC$11.14
+1.2%
N/AN/AC$1.34BC$2.81M-4.03244Gap Down
TKO
Taseko Mines
2.8818 of 5 stars
C$2.90
-2.0%
C$4.25
+46.6%
N/AC$850.72MC$582.21M17.41N/AAnalyst Revision
News Coverage
AYM
Atalaya Mining
N/AC$5.78
+8.9%
N/AN/AC$808.51MC$363.40M10.70423News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up

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