Mesabi Trust (MSB) & Its Competitors Head-To-Head Analysis

Mesabi Trust (NYSE:MSB) is one of 1,987 public companies in the “Metals & Mining” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Mesabi Trust to related companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and risk.

Volatility and Risk

Mesabi Trust has a beta of 0.34, suggesting that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mesabi Trust’s peers have a beta of 1.02, suggesting that their average stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Mesabi Trust and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mesabi Trust	54.46%	33.50%	28.16%
Mesabi Trust Competitors	-1,161,736,352,322,426,600.00%	-10.91%	-2.11%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Mesabi Trust and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mesabi Trust	0	1	0	0	2.00
Mesabi Trust Competitors	6321	22451	32078	1767	2.47

As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies have a potential upside of 17.49%. Given Mesabi Trust’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Mesabi Trust has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Mesabi Trust and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mesabi Trust	$17.52 million	$13.87 million	39.01
Mesabi Trust Competitors	$4.67 billion	$277.91 million	-29.14

Mesabi Trust’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Mesabi Trust. Mesabi Trust 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.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

15.9% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Mesabi Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.7% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

Mesabi Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Mesabi Trust pays out 40.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies pay a dividend yield of 9.6% and pay out 10.8% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Mesabi Trust lags its peers as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Summary

Mesabi Trust peers beat Mesabi Trust on 11 of the 15 factors compared.

About Mesabi Trust

Mesabi Trust, a royalty trust, engages in iron ore mining business in the United States. Mesabi Trust was founded in 1961 and is based in New York, New York.