Glencore (GLCNF) and Its Rivals Critical Contrast

Dividends

Glencore pays an annual dividend of $0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Glencore pays out 58.5% 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. Glencore lags its peers as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

21.2% of Glencore shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Glencore	N/A	N/A	N/A
Glencore Competitors	-1,155,490,457,955,101,400.00%	-14.52%	-2.08%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Glencore and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Glencore	N/A	N/A	28.94
Glencore Competitors	$5.01 billion	$268.32 million	-25.18

Glencore’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Glencore. Glencore 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.

Summary

Glencore beats its peers on 5 of the 9 factors compared.

About Glencore

Glencore plc engages in the production, refinement, processing, storage, transport, and marketing of metals and minerals, and energy products in the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Oceania. It operates through two segments: Marketing Activities and Industrial Activities. The company engages in production and marketing copper, cobalt, lead, nickel, zinc, chrome ore, ferrochrome, vanadium, aluminum, alumina, and iron ore; and coal, crude oil, refined products, and natural gas, as well as oil exploration/production and refining/distribution. It also operates marketing and distribution of physical commodities sourced from third party producers and company's production to industrial consumers, including the battery, electronic, construction, automotive, steel, energy, and oil industries. In addition, the company provides financing, logistics, and other services to producers and consumers of commodities. Glencore plc was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Baar, Switzerland.