Financial Comparison: Terra Metals (OTCMKTS:PNGZF) and NACCO Industries (NYSE:NC)

NACCO Industries (NYSE:NC) and Terra Metals (OTCMKTS:PNGZF) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for NACCO Industries and Terra Metals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NACCO Industries	0	0	1	0	3.00
Terra Metals	0	0	0	0	0.00

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares NACCO Industries and Terra Metals”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
NACCO Industries	$237.71 million	1.49	$33.74 million	$3.90	12.20
Terra Metals	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

NACCO Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Terra Metals.

Profitability

This table compares NACCO Industries and Terra Metals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NACCO Industries	10.32%	7.01%	4.57%
Terra Metals	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider and Institutional Ownership

49.1% of NACCO Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 43.0% of NACCO Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

NACCO Industries beats Terra Metals on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About NACCO Industries

NACCO Industries, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the natural resources business. The company operates through three segments: Coal Mining, North American Mining, and Minerals Management. The Coal Mining segment operates surface coal mines under long-term contracts with power generation companies. Coal is surface mined in North Dakota and Mississippi. The North American Mining segment provides value-added contract mining and other services for producers of aggregates, activated carbon, lithium, and other industrial minerals; and contract mining services for independently owned mines and quarries in Florida, Texas, Arkansas, Virginia, and Nebraska. This segment also offers mining design and consulting services. The Minerals Management segment is involved in the leasing of its royalty and mineral interests to third-party exploration and production companies, and other mining companies, which grants them the rights to explore, develop, mine, produce, market, and sell gas, oil, and coal. NACCO Industries, Inc. was founded in 1913 and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.

About Terra Metals

Terra Metals Limited engages in mineral exploration and development activities in Australia. The company explores in gold, copper, nickel, and platinum group elements. Its flagship project is the 100% owned Dante project located to the West Musgrave region of Western Australia. The company was formerly known as GCX Metals Limited and changed its name to Terra Metals Limited in April 2024. Terra Metals Limited was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Perth, Australia.