Critical Survey: Mako Mining (MAKO) & Its Peers

Mako Mining (NASDAQ:MAKO) is one of 1,987 public companies in the “Metals & Mining” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Mako Mining to similar companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

16.0% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are held by institutional investors. 15.1% of Mako Mining shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.7% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Mako Mining and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mako Mining	$148.47 million	$33.74 million	24.59
Mako Mining Competitors	$5.04 billion	$277.89 million	-25.66

Mako Mining’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Mako Mining. Mako Mining 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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Mako Mining and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mako Mining	0	1	1	0	2.50
Mako Mining Competitors	6300	22403	31962	1765	2.47

As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies have a potential upside of 10.31%. Given Mako Mining’s competitors higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Mako Mining has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares Mako Mining and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mako Mining	25.11%	34.25%	22.57%
Mako Mining Competitors	-1,161,736,352,322,426,800.00%	-9.09%	-2.06%

Summary

Mako Mining competitors beat Mako Mining on 7 of the 12 factors compared.

Mako Mining Company Profile

Mako Mining Corp. is a gold mining, development and exploration company. It operates principally in San Albino gold mine in Nueva Segovia, Nicaragua. Mako Mining Corp. is based in VANCOUVER, BC.