Reviewing Mako Mining (MAKO) and Its Competitors

Mako Mining (NASDAQ:MAKO) is one of 1,984 public companies in the “Metals & Mining” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Mako Mining to related companies based on the strength of its dividends, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Mako Mining and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mako Mining	0	1	1	0	2.50
Mako Mining Competitors	6406	22607	32304	1801	2.47

As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies have a potential upside of 27.85%. Given Mako Mining’s competitors higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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	-1,164,884,689,320,590,400.00%	-52.78%	-2.01%

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mako Mining	$148.47 million	$33.74 million	19.61
Mako Mining Competitors	$4.65 billion	$278.94 million	-26.34

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.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

16.1% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are held by institutional investors. 15.1% of Mako Mining shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.6% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Mako Mining competitors beat Mako Mining on 7 of the 11 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.