Reviewing Aura Minerals (AUGO) and Its Rivals

Aura Minerals (NASDAQ:AUGO) is one of 1,984 public companies in the “Metals & Mining” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Aura Minerals to related companies based on the strength of its valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

Dividends

Aura Minerals pays an annual dividend of $2.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Aura Minerals pays out 56.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies pay a dividend yield of 10.3% and pay out 10.8% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Aura Minerals lags its peers as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Profitability

This table compares Aura Minerals and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aura Minerals	30.01%	103.57%	23.12%
Aura Minerals Competitors	-1,161,736,352,322,426,600.00%	-52.89%	-2.07%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

16.1% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are held by institutional investors. 17.6% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aura Minerals	$921.73 million	-$79.34 million	16.09
Aura Minerals Competitors	$5.47 billion	$278.26 million	-26.28

Aura Minerals’ peers have higher revenue and earnings than Aura Minerals. Aura Minerals 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.

Risk and Volatility

Aura Minerals has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aura Minerals’ peers have a beta of 0.96, suggesting that their average share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

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

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aura Minerals	0	2	5	0	2.71
Aura Minerals Competitors	6420	22621	32338	1800	2.47

Aura Minerals currently has a consensus price target of $86.95, indicating a potential upside of 6.82%. As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies have a potential upside of 28.19%. Given Aura Minerals’ peers higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Aura Minerals has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Summary

Aura Minerals peers beat Aura Minerals on 9 of the 15 factors compared.

Aura Minerals Company Profile

Aura Minerals is a mining company focused on exploring, developing and operating gold and copper properties in the Americas. Its operations also produce silver as a byproduct at some sites. The company’s portfolio includes mines and projects in Brazil, Mexico and Honduras. Its activities span the mining lifecycle, from resource exploration and project development to the production and sale of metals. Aura Minerals is led by Chief Executive Officer Rodrigo Barbosa. The company has expanded its portfolio over time through mine development and acquisitions.