Head-To-Head Analysis: Ivanhoe Mines (IVPAF) versus Its Peers

Ivanhoe Mines (OTCMKTS:IVPAF) is one of 1,984 public companies in the “Metals & Mining” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Ivanhoe Mines to similar businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Ivanhoe Mines and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ivanhoe Mines	$441.61 million	$261.55 million	49.09
Ivanhoe Mines Competitors	$4.77 billion	$278.26 million	-26.21

Ivanhoe Mines’ peers have higher revenue and earnings than Ivanhoe Mines. Ivanhoe Mines 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.

Risk and Volatility

Ivanhoe Mines has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ivanhoe Mines’ peers have a beta of 1.01, indicating that their average stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Ivanhoe Mines and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ivanhoe Mines	0	6	2	1	2.44
Ivanhoe Mines Competitors	6436	22637	32353	1802	2.47

Ivanhoe Mines presently has a consensus price target of $15.20, indicating a potential upside of 181.48%. As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies have a potential upside of 30.53%. Given Ivanhoe Mines’ higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Ivanhoe Mines is more favorable than its peers.

Institutional & 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 company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ivanhoe Mines	21.53%	5.35%	4.01%
Ivanhoe Mines Competitors	-1,161,736,352,322,426,600.00%	-52.88%	-2.06%

Summary

Ivanhoe Mines beats its peers on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

About Ivanhoe Mines

Ivanhoe Mines is a Canadian mining company focused on discovering, developing and operating mineral projects in Africa. Its main commodities include copper, zinc and platinum-group metals. The company’s projects include the Kamoa-Kakula copper complex and the Kipushi zinc-copper mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as the Platreef platinum-group metals, nickel, copper and gold project in South Africa. Founded by mining entrepreneur Robert Friedland, Ivanhoe Mines was previously known as Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. and has developed its portfolio through exploration and partnerships.