Head-To-Head Analysis: Mako Mining (MAKO) vs. The Competition

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

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Mako Mining and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mako Mining	$148.47 million	$33.74 million	24.56
Mako Mining Competitors	$4.63 billion	$277.89 million	-29.09

Mako Mining’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Mako Mining. Mako 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.

Profitability

This table compares Mako Mining and its peers’ 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%	-10.97%	-2.11%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Mako Mining and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mako Mining	0	1	1	0	2.50
Mako Mining Competitors	6315	22443	32052	1768	2.47

As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies have a potential upside of 13.13%. Given Mako Mining’s peers higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Mako Mining has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Summary

Mako Mining peers 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.