Reviewing Anglo American (AAUKF) & Its Peers

Profitability

This table compares Anglo American and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Anglo American	N/A	N/A	N/A
Anglo American Competitors	-1,155,490,457,955,101,400.00%	-14.48%	-2.08%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Anglo American and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Anglo American	N/A	N/A	718.48
Anglo American Competitors	$4.94 billion	$267.28 million	-21.08

Anglo American’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Anglo American. Anglo American is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

30.3% of Anglo American shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.1% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned by institutional investors. 17.6% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

Anglo American pays an annual dividend of $0.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Anglo American pays out 1,090.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies pay a dividend yield of 8.5% and pay out 10.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Anglo American lags its peers as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Summary

Anglo American beats its peers on 5 of the 9 factors compared.

About Anglo American

Anglo American plc operates as a mining company in the United Kingdom and internationally. It explores for rough and polished diamonds, copper, platinum group metals and nickel, steelmaking coal, and iron ore; and nickel, polyhalite, and manganese ores. Anglo American plc was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.