Comparing First Quantum Minerals (FQVLF) & Its Competitors

First Quantum Minerals (OTCMKTS:FQVLF) is one of 1,984 public companies in the “Metals & Mining” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare First Quantum Minerals to related companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and risk.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

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, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for First Quantum Minerals and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Quantum Minerals	1	1	6	1	2.78
First Quantum Minerals Competitors	6395	22561	32257	1791	2.47

As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies have a potential upside of 35.49%. Given First Quantum Minerals’ peers higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe First Quantum Minerals has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Dividends

First Quantum Minerals pays an annual dividend of $0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. First Quantum Minerals pays out 30.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies pay a dividend yield of 10.9% and pay out 10.8% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. First Quantum Minerals lags its peers as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Profitability

This table compares First Quantum Minerals and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Quantum Minerals	2.65%	-0.03%	-0.02%
First Quantum Minerals Competitors	-1,168,050,136,845,918,000.00%	-50.90%	-2.11%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares First Quantum Minerals and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
First Quantum Minerals	$5.24 billion	-$28.00 million	115.97
First Quantum Minerals Competitors	$4.76 billion	$279.03 million	-47.05

First Quantum Minerals has higher revenue, but lower earnings than its peers. First Quantum Minerals 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.

Volatility and Risk

First Quantum Minerals has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Quantum Minerals’ peers have a beta of 1.02, indicating that their average share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

First Quantum Minerals beats its peers on 9 of the 15 factors compared.

First Quantum Minerals Company Profile

First Quantum Minerals Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration, development, and production of mineral properties. It primarily explores for copper, nickel, pyrite, silver, gold, and zinc ores, as well as produces acid. The company has operating mines located in Zambia, Panama, Finland, Turkey, Spain, Australia, and Mauritania, as well as a development project in Zambia. It is exploring the Taca Taca copper-gold-molybdenum project in Argentina, as well as the Haquira copper deposit in Peru. The company was formerly known as First Quantum Ventures Ltd. and changed its name to First Quantum Minerals Ltd. in July 1996. The company is based in Vancouver, Canada.