Head-To-Head Analysis: Lundin Mining (LUNMF) and Its Rivals

Lundin Mining (OTC:LUNMF) is one of 113 public companies in the “Metal mining” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Lundin Mining to related companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, earnings and dividends.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Lundin Mining and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lundin Mining	$3.39 billion	$241.56 million	24.19
Lundin Mining Competitors	$6.71 billion	$854.60 million	0.82

Lundin Mining’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Lundin Mining. Lundin Mining 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Lundin Mining and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lundin Mining	0	1	0	0	2.00
Lundin Mining Competitors	1250	2683	3175	135	2.30

As a group, “Metal mining” companies have a potential upside of 21.99%. Given Lundin Mining’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lundin Mining has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Risk and Volatility

Lundin Mining has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lundin Mining’s competitors have a beta of 1.04, suggesting that their average share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

0.1% of Lundin Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.5% of shares of all “Metal mining” companies are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Lundin Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.9% of shares of all “Metal mining” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

Lundin Mining pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Lundin Mining pays out 77.8% 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, “Metal mining” companies pay a dividend yield of 3.2% and pay out 51.1% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Profitability

This table compares Lundin Mining and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lundin Mining	6.63%	5.02%	2.92%
Lundin Mining Competitors	-1,301.23%	-11.02%	-9.41%

Summary

Lundin Mining competitors beat Lundin Mining on 9 of the 15 factors compared.

About Lundin Mining

LUNDIN MINING CORPORATION is a rapidly growing, diversified base metals mining company with operations in Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Ireland. The Company currently has six mines in operation producing copper, nickel, lead and zinc. In addition, Lundin Mining holds a development project pipeline which includes the world class Tenke Fungurume copper cobalt project in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Ozernoe zinc project in Russia. The Company holds an extensive exploration portfolio and interests in international mining and exploration ventures.