Analyzing Mako Mining (MAKO) and The Competition

Mako Mining (NASDAQ:MAKO) is one of 1,987 publicly-traded companies in the “Metals & Mining” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Mako Mining to similar businesses based on the strength of its valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

16.0% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are held by institutional investors. 15.1% of Mako Mining shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.7% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Mako Mining and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mako Mining	25.11%	34.25%	22.57%
Mako Mining Competitors	-1,161,736,352,322,426,600.00%	-10.91%	-2.11%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Mako Mining and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mako Mining	0	1	1	0	2.50
Mako Mining Competitors	6321	22450	32078	1767	2.47

As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies have a potential upside of 14.17%. Given Mako Mining’s competitors higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Mako Mining has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Mako Mining and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mako Mining	$148.47 million	$33.74 million	24.34
Mako Mining Competitors	$5.20 billion	$278.43 million	-29.03

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

Summary

Mako Mining competitors beat Mako Mining on 7 of the 12 factors compared.

Mako Mining Company Profile

Mako Mining Corp. is a gold mining, development and exploration company. It operates principally in San Albino gold mine in Nueva Segovia, Nicaragua. Mako Mining Corp. is based in VANCOUVER, BC.