Fortescue (FSUMF) and Its Competitors Head-To-Head Contrast

Fortescue (OTCMKTS:FSUMF) is one of 1,989 publicly-traded companies in the “Metals & Mining” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Fortescue to related companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, valuation, risk and profitability.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Fortescue and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fortescue	0	1	0	0	2.00
Fortescue Competitors	6280	22349	31918	1744	2.47

As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies have a potential upside of 29.61%. Given Fortescue’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Fortescue has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Dividends

Fortescue pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Fortescue pays out 21.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies pay a dividend yield of 9.1% and pay out 10.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Fortescue lags its competitors as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Profitability

This table compares Fortescue and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fortescue	N/A	N/A	N/A
Fortescue Competitors	-1,158,604,987,491,368,400.00%	48.27%	-2.34%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

15.3% of Fortescue shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.0% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned by institutional investors. 17.6% 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.

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fortescue	N/A	N/A	14.15
Fortescue Competitors	$169.59 billion	$266.77 million	-21.60

Fortescue’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Fortescue. Fortescue is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Fortescue competitors beat Fortescue on 10 of the 13 factors compared.

Fortescue Company Profile

Fortescue Ltd engages in the exploration, development, production, processing, and sale of iron ore in Australia, China, and internationally. It explores for copper, gold, and lithium deposits; and rare earth elements. The company owns and operates the Chichester Hub that includes the Cloudbreak and Christmas Creek mines located in the Chichester ranges; and the Solomon Hub comprising the Firetail, Kings Valley, and Queens Valley mines located in the Hamersley ranges of Pilbara, Western Australia. It also develops and produces the Eliwana mine situated in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. In addition, the company holds a portfolio of properties situated in Argentina, Peru, Chile, and Brazil, as well as Portugal and Kazakhstan. Further, it provides port towage services; owns and operates rail and port facilities; and focuses on producing green energy and green hydrogen, including derivatives comprising green ammonia. The company was formerly known as Fortescue Metals Group Limited and changed its name to Fortescue Ltd in November 2023. Fortescue Ltd was incorporated in 1983 and is headquartered in East Perth, Australia.