Pure Energy Minerals (OTCMKTS:PEMIF – Get Free Report) and Lundin Mining (OTC:LUNMF – Get Free Report) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability and risk.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Pure Energy Minerals and Lundin Mining, as provided by MarketBeat.
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
Pure Energy Minerals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Lundin Mining | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
Risk & Volatility
Profitability
This table compares Pure Energy Minerals and Lundin Mining’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
Pure Energy Minerals | -172.39% | -2.63% | -2.61% |
Lundin Mining | -5.15% | 5.27% | 3.05% |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Pure Energy Minerals and Lundin Mining”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
Pure Energy Minerals | $400,000.00 | 12.82 | -$620,000.00 | ($0.02) | -7.55 |
Lundin Mining | $3.42 billion | 2.27 | $241.56 million | ($0.26) | -34.38 |
Lundin Mining has higher revenue and earnings than Pure Energy Minerals. Lundin Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pure Energy Minerals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
0.1% of Lundin Mining shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Lundin Mining shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Lundin Mining beats Pure Energy Minerals on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Pure Energy Minerals
Pure Energy Minerals Limited acquires, explores, and develops mineral properties. Its primary project is the Clayton Valley lithium brine project located in Clayton Valley, Esmeralda County, Nevada. The company was formerly known as Harmony Gold Corp. and changed its name to Pure Energy Minerals Limited in October 2012. Pure Energy Minerals Limited is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
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.
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