Critical Analysis: Coppernico Metals (OTCMKTS:CPPMF) vs. KGHM Polska Miedz (OTCMKTS:KGHPF)

Coppernico Metals (OTCMKTS:CPPMF) and KGHM Polska Miedz (OTCMKTS:KGHPF) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, risk and profitability.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Coppernico Metals and KGHM Polska Miedz, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Coppernico Metals	0	2	3	0	2.60
KGHM Polska Miedz	1	0	0	0	1.00

Coppernico Metals currently has a consensus price target of $4.25, indicating a potential upside of 4,150.00%. Given Coppernico Metals’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Coppernico Metals is more favorable than KGHM Polska Miedz.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

18.8% of KGHM Polska Miedz shares are held by institutional investors. 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.

Profitability

This table compares Coppernico Metals and KGHM Polska Miedz’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Coppernico Metals	7.31%	-8.02%	-3.71%
KGHM Polska Miedz	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Coppernico Metals and KGHM Polska Miedz’s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Coppernico Metals	$231.89 million	0.09	$24.58 million	$0.09	1.11
KGHM Polska Miedz	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Coppernico Metals has higher revenue and earnings than KGHM Polska Miedz.

Summary

Coppernico Metals beats KGHM Polska Miedz on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Coppernico Metals

Copper Mountain Mining Corporation engages in the mining, exploration, and development of mineral properties in Canada. It explores for copper, gold, and silver deposits. The company holds 75% interests in the Copper Mountain mine comprising 135 crown-granted mineral claims, 145 located mineral claims, 14 mining leases, 12 fee simple properties, and seven cell claims that covers an area of approximately 6,354 hectares located to the south of Princeton, British Columbia. Copper Mountain Mining Corporation was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. As of June 20, 2023, Copper Mountain Mining Corporation operates as a subsidiary of Hudbay Minerals Inc.

About KGHM Polska Miedz

KGHM Polska Miedz S.A. engages in the production and sale of copper, precious metals, and other metallurgical products in Poland and internationally. It offers copper cathodes, wire rods, Cu-Ofe and Cu-Ag wires, and granule products; silver in bullion bar and granule forms; gold bars; molybdenum; ammonium perrhenate, metallic rhenium, and rhenium powder; and lead, sulphuric acid, copper and nickel sulphate, and selenium products, as well as platinum, palladium, and rock salt. The company was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Lubin, Poland.