Critical Survey: Jaguar Mining (JAGGD) & Its Competitors

Jaguar Mining (OTCMKTS:JAGGD) is one of 112 public companies in the “Metal Mining” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Jaguar Mining to related businesses based on the strength of its valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and risk.

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Jaguar Mining	$97.23 million	-$150,000.00	6.86
Jaguar Mining Competitors	$6.77 billion	$972.86 million	-5.14

Jaguar Mining’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Jaguar Mining. Jaguar Mining 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.

Profitability

This table compares Jaguar Mining and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Jaguar Mining	28.17%	26.75%	17.80%
Jaguar Mining Competitors	-812.64%	-11.64%	-9.77%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Jaguar Mining and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Jaguar Mining	0	0	0	0	N/A
Jaguar Mining Competitors	1200	2574	3137	124	2.31

As a group, “Metal Mining” companies have a potential upside of 42.54%. Given Jaguar Mining’s peers higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Jaguar Mining has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Volatility & Risk

Jaguar Mining has a beta of 2.75, suggesting that its stock price is 175% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jaguar Mining’s peers have a beta of 0.53, suggesting that their average stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

27.5% of shares of all “Metal Mining” companies are owned by institutional investors. 12.8% of shares of all “Metal Mining” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

Jaguar Mining pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Jaguar Mining pays out 49.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Metal Mining” companies pay a dividend yield of 3.1% and pay out 99.8% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Jaguar Mining is clearly a better dividend stock than its peers, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Jaguar Mining beats its peers on 7 of the 12 factors compared.

About Jaguar Mining

Jaguar Mining, Inc. engages in the acquisition, exploration, development and operation of gold producing properties in Brazil. Its mining operations include Turmalina, Paciência and Caeté. The firm is also developing the Grurupi Project and exploring the Iron Quadrangle and Pedra Branca Project. The company was founded by Daniel R. Titcomb in 1984 and is headquartered Toronto, Canada.