Ferroglobe (GSM) versus Its Peers Head to Head Review

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

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ferroglobe	$1.34 billion	-$170.70 million	17.34
Ferroglobe Competitors	$4.65 billion	$278.94 million	-26.16

Ferroglobe’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Ferroglobe. Ferroglobe 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Ferroglobe and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ferroglobe	1	1	1	0	2.00
Ferroglobe Competitors	6410	22614	32318	1801	2.47

Ferroglobe currently has a consensus price target of $5.33, suggesting a potential upside of 92.19%. As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies have a potential upside of 25.11%. Given Ferroglobe’s higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Ferroglobe is more favorable than its peers.

Risk & Volatility

Ferroglobe has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ferroglobe’s peers have a beta of 0.96, meaning that their average stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

89.6% of Ferroglobe shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.0% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned by institutional investors. 13.1% of Ferroglobe 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

Ferroglobe pays an annual dividend of $0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Ferroglobe pays out 37.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies pay a dividend yield of 10.1% and pay out 10.8% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Ferroglobe has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Ferroglobe lags its peers as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ferroglobe	2.13%	-5.15%	-2.43%
Ferroglobe Competitors	-1,168,050,136,845,918,000.00%	-53.06%	-2.08%

Summary

Ferroglobe peers beat Ferroglobe on 9 of the 15 factors compared.

Ferroglobe Company Profile

Ferroglobe PLC (NASDAQ:GSM) is a global producer of silicon and manganese-based alloys. The company manufactures silicon metal, ferrosilicon, manganese alloys, calcium silicon and other specialty alloy products used in the production of steel, aluminum, silicones, solar materials and other industrial goods. Ferroglobe also operates quartz resources and produces related raw materials used in its alloy manufacturing processes. Its products support several industries, including automotive, construction, energy, chemicals, electronics and renewable energy.