Comparing Aurubis (AIAGY) and Its Peers

Aurubis (OTCMKTS:AIAGY) is one of 434 public companies in the “Machinery” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Aurubis to similar companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

52.2% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are held by institutional investors. 13.9% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Aurubis and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aurubis	N/A	N/A	206.32
Aurubis Competitors	$4.52 billion	$346.86 million	-12.49

Aurubis’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Aurubis. Aurubis 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.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aurubis	N/A	N/A	N/A
Aurubis Competitors	-1,947.44%	-10.16%	0.86%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Aurubis and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aurubis	0	2	0	0	2.00
Aurubis Competitors	4079	14471	17885	777	2.41

As a group, “Machinery” companies have a potential upside of 30.38%. Given Aurubis’ competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Aurubis has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Summary

Aurubis competitors beat Aurubis on 8 of the 11 factors compared.

Aurubis Company Profile

Aurubis AG processes metal concentrates and recycling materials in Germany. The company processes scrap metals, organic and inorganic metalbearing recycling raw materials, and industrial residues. It also offers wire rods and specialty wires, shapes, bars and profiles, industrial rolled products, and architectural rolled products. In addition, the company produces gold, silver, tin, lead, lead-bismuth alloy, lead-antimony litharge, tellurium metals, and tellurium dioxide. Further, the company engages in the recycling of copper, copper scrap, alloy scrap and other recycling materials, precious metals, and other non-ferrous metals. Additionally, it produces sulfuric acid, iron-silicate, smelter intermediates, and selenium, as well as produces various products from purchased copper and copper alloy scrap, electronic scrap, and industrial residues. The company was formerly known as Norddeutsche Affinerie AG and changed its name to Aurubis AG in April 2009. Aurubis AG was founded in 1866 and is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany.