Comparing Mako Mining (MAKO) and The Competition

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

15.8% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are held by institutional investors. 17.7% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are held 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.

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mako Mining	$148.47 million	$33.74 million	24.83
Mako Mining Competitors	$4.64 billion	$277.89 million	-26.75

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.

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	-1,164,884,689,320,590,600.00%	-8.99%	-2.07%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for Mako Mining and its rivals, as reported 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	6292	22376	31927	1761	2.47

As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies have a potential upside of 17.46%. Given Mako Mining’s rivals higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Mako Mining has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

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.