Critical Contrast: Namib Minerals (NAMM) versus The Competition

Institutional & Insider Ownership

59.5% of Namib Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.5% 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Namib Minerals and its competitors’ 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%

Risk & Volatility

Namib Minerals has a beta of -0.11, meaning that its share price is 111% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Namib Minerals’ competitors have a beta of 0.85, meaning that their average share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Namib Minerals	N/A	-$20.75 million	-2.49
Namib Minerals Competitors	$901.64 million	-$221.11 million	-42.03

Namib Minerals’ competitors have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Namib Minerals. Namib Minerals 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

Namib Minerals beats its competitors on 5 of the 9 factors compared.

Namib Minerals Company Profile

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.