Contrasting African Rainbow Minerals (AFBOF) & Its Peers

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 insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares African Rainbow Minerals and its competitors revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
African Rainbow Minerals	N/A	N/A	0.67
African Rainbow Minerals Competitors	$4.94 billion	$267.28 million	-21.12

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

Profitability

This table compares African Rainbow Minerals and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
African Rainbow Minerals	N/A	N/A	N/A
African Rainbow Minerals Competitors	-1,155,490,457,955,101,400.00%	-14.48%	-2.08%

Dividends

African Rainbow Minerals pays an annual dividend of $5.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 49.8%. African Rainbow Minerals pays out 33.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies pay a dividend yield of 8.5% and pay out 10.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

African Rainbow Minerals beats its competitors on 5 of the 9 factors compared.

African Rainbow Minerals Company Profile

African Rainbow Minerals Limited, through its subsidiaries, operates as a diversified mining and minerals company in South Africa and Malaysia. It explores for platinum group metals, nickel, coal, iron ore, manganese ore, and chrome ore, as well as gold. African Rainbow Minerals Limited was founded in 1933 and is based in Sandton, South Africa.