Aura Minerals (ORA) Competitors

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

Which has stronger earnings and 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$501.45M	2.44	-C$33.14M	-C$0.62	-27.26
TransAlta	C$3.17B	1.35	C$566M	C$1.90	7.56

Is ORA or TA more profitable?

TransAlta has a net margin of 19.50% compared to Aura Minerals' net margin of -6.61%. TransAlta's return on equity of 32.01% beat Aura Minerals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aura Minerals	-6.61%	-11.41%	8.95%
TransAlta	19.50%	32.01%	7.07%

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 5.7%. TransAlta pays an annual dividend of C$0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Aura Minerals pays out -154.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TransAlta pays out 12.6% 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.

Does the media refer more to ORA or TA?

In the previous week, TransAlta had 11 more articles in the media than Aura Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for TransAlta and 1 mentions for Aura Minerals. TransAlta's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Aura Minerals' score of -0.28 indicating that TransAlta is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Aura Minerals	Neutral
TransAlta	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, ORA or TA?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ORA or TA?

TransAlta received 228 more outperform votes than Aura Minerals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.20% of users gave Aura Minerals an outperform vote while only 53.31% 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 338 53.31%	Underperform Votes 296 46.69%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in ORA or TA?

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

Do analysts rate ORA or TA?

Aura Minerals currently has a consensus price target of C$16.00, indicating a potential downside of 5.33%. TransAlta has a consensus price target of C$16.17, indicating a potential upside of 12.50%. Given TransAlta's higher probable 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)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Summary

TransAlta beats Aura Minerals on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.