Head-To-Head Contrast: Mesabi Trust (MSB) versus Its Rivals

Mesabi Trust (NYSE:MSB) is one of 1,987 public companies in the “Metals & Mining” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Mesabi Trust to related businesses based on the strength of its dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations and risk.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

16.0% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Mesabi Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.7% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mesabi Trust	$17.52 million	$13.87 million	41.44
Mesabi Trust Competitors	$4.67 billion	$277.89 million	-29.03

Mesabi Trust’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Mesabi Trust. Mesabi Trust 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.

Dividends

Mesabi Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Mesabi Trust pays out 40.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies pay a dividend yield of 9.1% and pay out 10.8% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Mesabi Trust lags its rivals as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Risk & Volatility

Mesabi Trust has a beta of 0.34, indicating that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mesabi Trust’s rivals have a beta of 1.02, indicating that their average stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Mesabi Trust and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mesabi Trust	0	1	0	0	2.00
Mesabi Trust Competitors	6309	22433	32017	1767	2.47

As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies have a potential upside of 11.75%. Given Mesabi Trust’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Mesabi Trust has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares Mesabi Trust and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mesabi Trust	54.46%	33.50%	28.16%
Mesabi Trust Competitors	-1,161,736,352,322,426,800.00%	-8.90%	-2.11%

Summary

Mesabi Trust rivals beat Mesabi Trust on 11 of the 15 factors compared.

About Mesabi Trust

Mesabi Trust, a royalty trust, engages in iron ore mining business in the United States. Mesabi Trust was founded in 1961 and is based in New York, New York.