Boliden AB (publ) (BDNNY) and Its Peers Critical Review

Boliden AB (publ) (OTCMKTS:BDNNY) is one of 1,989 publicly-traded companies in the “Metals & Mining” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Boliden AB (publ) to related businesses based on the strength of its valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, profitability, risk and institutional ownership.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Boliden AB (publ) and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Boliden AB (publ)	N/A	N/A	10.45
Boliden AB (publ) Competitors	$4.62 billion	$266.77 million	-20.52

Boliden AB (publ)’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Boliden AB (publ). Boliden AB (publ) 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 Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Boliden AB (publ) and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Boliden AB (publ)	1	4	0	1	2.17
Boliden AB (publ) Competitors	6306	22400	31992	1752	2.47

As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies have a potential upside of 22.88%. Given Boliden AB (publ)’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Boliden AB (publ) has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares Boliden AB (publ) and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Boliden AB (publ)	N/A	N/A	N/A
Boliden AB (publ) Competitors	-1,155,490,457,955,101,400.00%	-14.48%	-2.08%

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 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.

Dividends

Boliden AB (publ) pays an annual dividend of $1.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Boliden AB (publ) pays out 15.0% 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 10.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Boliden AB (publ) lags its competitors as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Summary

Boliden AB (publ) competitors beat Boliden AB (publ) on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

About Boliden AB (publ)

Boliden AB (publ) engages in the extracting, producing, and recycling of base metals in Sweden, Finland, other Nordic region, Germany, the United Kingdom, Europe, North America, and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Business Area Mines and Business Area Smelters. It explores for copper, zinc, nickel, lead, gold, silver, cobalt, sulphuric acid, tellurium, platinum, and palladium deposits. The company operates the Aitik, the Boliden Area, and Garpenberg mines in Sweden; the Tara mine in Ireland; the Kevitsa mines in Finland; Kokkola and Odda zinc smelters in Finland and Norway; the Rönnskär and Harjavalta copper smelters in Sweden and Finland; and the Bergsöe lead smelter in Sweden. It sells its metals primarily to industrial customers. The company was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.