Head-To-Head Comparison: Lundin Mining (LUNMF) and Its Competitors

Lundin Mining (OTCMKTS:LUNMF) is one of 1,984 publicly-traded companies in the “Metals & Mining” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Lundin Mining to similar companies based on the strength of its profitability, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lundin Mining	$4.05 billion	$1.28 billion	11.89
Lundin Mining Competitors	$4.80 billion	$279.47 million	-26.35

Lundin Mining’s peers have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Lundin Mining. Lundin Mining 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.

Dividends

Lundin Mining pays an annual dividend of $0.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Lundin Mining pays out 3.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies pay a dividend yield of 10.0% and pay out 10.8% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Profitability

This table compares Lundin Mining and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lundin Mining	32.52%	14.25%	10.68%
Lundin Mining Competitors	-1,161,736,352,322,426,600.00%	-52.87%	-2.06%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

0.1% of Lundin Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.9% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Lundin Mining shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.6% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

Lundin Mining has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lundin Mining’s peers have a beta of 0.96, indicating that their average share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Lundin Mining and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lundin Mining	0	7	4	1	2.50
Lundin Mining Competitors	6414	22620	32331	1801	2.47

As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies have a potential upside of 24.52%. Given Lundin Mining’s peers higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lundin Mining has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Summary

Lundin Mining beats its peers on 9 of the 15 factors compared.

About Lundin Mining

Lundin Mining is a Canadian mining company headquartered in Vancouver, focused primarily on the exploration, development and production of copper. Its operations in South America include the Candelaria and Caserones mines in Chile and the Chapada mine in Brazil. The company’s principal product is copper, with gold, silver and molybdenum also produced as by-products at some of its operations. Lundin Mining is also involved in developing the Vicuña district, a copper, gold and silver project spanning Argentina and Chile, through a joint venture with BHP.