Head to Head Review: Mako Mining (MAKO) vs. Its Rivals

Mako Mining (NASDAQ:MAKO) is one of 1,987 public companies in the “Metals & Mining” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Mako Mining to similar companies based on the strength of its dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability and risk.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

15.8% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are held by institutional investors. 15.1% of Mako Mining shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.7% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Mako Mining and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mako Mining	0	1	1	0	2.50
Mako Mining Competitors	6321	22450	32078	1767	2.47

As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies have a potential upside of 14.17%. Given Mako Mining’s peers higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Mako Mining has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mako Mining	$209.16 million	$33.74 million	24.34
Mako Mining Competitors	$4.67 billion	$277.91 million	-29.03

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.

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	-1,161,736,352,322,426,800.00%	-10.91%	-2.11%

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.