Comparing Antofagasta (ANFGF) and Its Rivals

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

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 8.9% and pay out 10.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Antofagasta lags its peers as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Antofagasta and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Antofagasta	3	6	2	0	1.91
Antofagasta Competitors	6282	22360	31937	1750	2.47

As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies have a potential upside of 24.43%. Given Antofagasta’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Antofagasta has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares Antofagasta and its peers’ 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%	48.33%	-2.33%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

17.3% of Antofagasta shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.8% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned by institutional investors. 17.6% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Antofagasta	N/A	N/A	90.32
Antofagasta Competitors	$4.90 billion	$267.28 million	-21.78

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

Summary

Antofagasta peers 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.