Antofagasta (ANFGF) versus The Competition Financial Contrast

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Antofagasta and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Antofagasta	3	6	2	0	1.91
Antofagasta Competitors	6273	22334	31901	1743	2.47

As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies have a potential upside of 30.94%. Given Antofagasta’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Antofagasta has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Dividends

Antofagasta pays an annual dividend of $0.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Antofagasta pays out 155.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies pay a dividend yield of 9.2% and pay out 10.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Antofagasta lags its rivals as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Antofagasta	N/A	N/A	N/A
Antofagasta Competitors	-1,158,604,987,491,368,400.00%	48.19%	-2.37%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Antofagasta and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Antofagasta	N/A	N/A	89.41
Antofagasta Competitors	$169.59 billion	$266.78 million	-21.15

Antofagasta’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Antofagasta. Antofagasta 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.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

17.3% of Antofagasta shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.2% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are held by institutional investors. 17.6% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Antofagasta rivals beat Antofagasta on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

About Antofagasta

Antofagasta plc operates as a mining company. It operates through Los Pelambres, Centinela, Antucoya, Zaldívar, Exploration and Evaluation, and Transport Division segments. Its mines produce copper cathodes and copper concentrates; and molybdenum, gold, and silver by-products. The company also has exploration projects in various countries. In addition, it provides rail and road cargo services to mining customers in northern Chile. The company was incorporated in 1888 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom. Antofagasta plc operates as a subsidiary of Metalinvest Anstalt.