Comparing Namib Minerals (NAMM) and The Competition

Namib Minerals (NASDAQ:NAMM) is one of 53 publicly-traded companies in the “Gold & Silver Ores” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Namib Minerals to similar businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, earnings, risk and dividends.

Profitability

This table compares Namib Minerals and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Namib Minerals	N/A	N/A	-42.57%
Namib Minerals Competitors	-56.04%	0.43%	0.77%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Namib Minerals and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Namib Minerals	$80.35 million	-$20.75 million	-2.53
Namib Minerals Competitors	$860.58 million	-$211.09 million	-41.59

Namib Minerals’ rivals have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Namib Minerals. Namib Minerals is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Namib Minerals and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Namib Minerals	1	0	0	0	1.00
Namib Minerals Competitors	459	1108	1066	25	2.25

As a group, “Gold & Silver Ores” companies have a potential upside of 8.17%. Given Namib Minerals’ rivals stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Namib Minerals has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Volatility and Risk

Namib Minerals has a beta of -0.11, indicating that its share price is 111% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Namib Minerals’ rivals have a beta of 0.86, indicating that their average share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

59.5% of Namib Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.4% of shares of all “Gold & Silver Ores” companies are held by institutional investors. 30.5% of Namib Minerals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.1% of shares of all “Gold & Silver Ores” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Namib Minerals rivals beat Namib Minerals on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

About Namib Minerals

Namib Minerals is a gold producer, developer and explorer with operations focused principally in Zimbabwe. Namib Minerals, formerly known as Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VI, is based in New York.