Reviewing Mako Mining (MAKO) and Its Competitors

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Mako Mining and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mako Mining	0	1	1	0	2.50
Mako Mining Competitors	6297	22401	31954	1763	2.47

As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies have a potential upside of 11.23%. Given Mako Mining’s rivals higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Mako Mining has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares Mako Mining and its rivals’ 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%	-9.09%	-2.06%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

16.0% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned by institutional investors. 15.1% of Mako Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.7% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Mako Mining and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mako Mining	$148.47 million	$33.74 million	23.95
Mako Mining Competitors	$4.63 billion	$277.89 million	-25.51

Mako Mining’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Mako Mining. Mako Mining 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.

Summary

Mako Mining rivals 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.