Reviewing Lundin Mining (LUNMF) & Its Competitors

Lundin Mining (OTC:LUNMF) is one of 113 public companies in the “Metal mining” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Lundin Mining to related businesses based on the strength of its profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Volatility & Risk

Lundin Mining has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lundin Mining’s peers have a beta of 1.04, suggesting that their average stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

Lundin Mining pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Lundin Mining pays out -92.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Metal mining” companies pay a dividend yield of 3.9% and pay out 70.5% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Lundin Mining and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lundin Mining	0	1	0	0	2.00
Lundin Mining Competitors	1253	2691	3179	137	2.30

As a group, “Metal mining” companies have a potential upside of 28.57%. Given Lundin Mining’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lundin Mining has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Lundin Mining and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lundin Mining	$3.42 billion	$241.56 million	-31.58
Lundin Mining Competitors	$6.53 billion	$892.01 million	-12.27

Lundin Mining’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Lundin Mining. Lundin Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Lundin Mining and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lundin Mining	-5.15%	5.27%	3.05%
Lundin Mining Competitors	-1,300.59%	-11.20%	-9.41%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.1% of Lundin Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.5% of shares of all “Metal mining” companies are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Lundin Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.9% of shares of all “Metal mining” companies are owned 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.

Summary

Lundin Mining peers beat Lundin Mining on 10 of the 15 factors compared.

About Lundin Mining

LUNDIN MINING CORPORATION is a rapidly growing, diversified base metals mining company with operations in Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Ireland. The Company currently has six mines in operation producing copper, nickel, lead and zinc. In addition, Lundin Mining holds a development project pipeline which includes the world class Tenke Fungurume copper cobalt project in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Ozernoe zinc project in Russia. The Company holds an extensive exploration portfolio and interests in international mining and exploration ventures.