Comparing Aurubis (AIAGY) and Its Competitors

Aurubis (OTCMKTS:AIAGY) is one of 437 publicly-traded companies in the “Machinery” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Aurubis to similar companies based on the strength of its risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

52.6% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are held by institutional investors. 13.8% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Aurubis and its rivals revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aurubis	N/A	N/A	209.79
Aurubis Competitors	$4.51 billion	$346.97 million	-12.11

Aurubis’ rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Aurubis. Aurubis is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Aurubis and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aurubis	0	2	0	0	2.00
Aurubis Competitors	4056	14455	17874	770	2.41

As a group, “Machinery” companies have a potential upside of 25.79%. Given Aurubis’ rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Aurubis has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares Aurubis and its rivals’ 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	-1,939.20%	-13.06%	0.69%

Summary

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

About Aurubis

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.