Aura Minerals (ORA) Competitors

Aura Minerals (TSE:ORA) and TransAlta (TSE:TA) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, valuation and community ranking.

Does the media refer more to ORA or TA?

In the previous week, TransAlta had 1 more articles in the media than Aura Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for TransAlta and 4 mentions for Aura Minerals. TransAlta's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Aura Minerals' score of 0.43 indicating that TransAlta is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Aura Minerals	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
TransAlta	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ORA or TA?

4.2% of Aura Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.8% of TransAlta shares are held by institutional investors. 58.0% of Aura Minerals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of TransAlta shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is ORA or TA a better dividend stock?

Aura Minerals pays an annual dividend of C$0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. TransAlta pays an annual dividend of C$0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Aura Minerals pays out -92.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TransAlta pays out 34.2% 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. Aura Minerals is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has better earnings & valuation, ORA or TA?

TransAlta has higher revenue and earnings than Aura Minerals. Aura Minerals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TransAlta, 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
Aura Minerals	C$391.49M	2.92	-C$37.81M	-C$1.03	-21.31
TransAlta	C$2.83B	1.55	C$212.05M	C$0.70	20.88

Which has more volatility and risk, ORA or TA?

Aura Minerals has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TransAlta has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ORA or TA?

TransAlta received 232 more outperform votes than Aura Minerals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.20% of users gave Aura Minerals an outperform vote while only 53.11% of users gave TransAlta an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Aura Minerals	Outperform Votes 110 58.20%	Underperform Votes 79 41.80%
TransAlta	Outperform Votes 342 53.11%	Underperform Votes 302 46.89%

Do analysts prefer ORA or TA?

Aura Minerals presently has a consensus target price of C$16.00, suggesting a potential downside of 27.40%. TransAlta has a consensus target price of C$18.36, suggesting a potential upside of 25.30%. Given TransAlta's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe TransAlta is more favorable than Aura Minerals.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aura Minerals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
TransAlta	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Is ORA or TA more profitable?

TransAlta has a net margin of 7.49% compared to Aura Minerals' net margin of -9.66%. TransAlta's return on equity of 12.03% beat Aura Minerals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aura Minerals	-9.66%	-19.25%	8.95%
TransAlta	7.49%	12.03%	7.07%

Summary

TransAlta beats Aura Minerals on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.