Head to Head Comparison: Mako Mining (MAKO) and Its Competitors

Mako Mining (NASDAQ:MAKO) is one of 1,988 public companies in the “Metals & Mining” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Mako Mining to similar businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends and profitability.

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mako Mining	$209.16 million	$33.74 million	25.24
Mako Mining Competitors	$173.89 billion	$272.63 million	-24.93

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.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

16.2% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are held by institutional investors. 15.1% of Mako Mining shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.6% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations 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	22397	32023	1767	2.47

As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies have a potential upside of 16.64%. Given Mako Mining’s peers higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Mako Mining has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

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%	-16.44%	-2.06%

Summary

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

About Mako Mining

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.