Reviewing Orosur Mining (OROXF) and Its Peers

Risk and Volatility

Orosur Mining has a beta of 6.99, suggesting that its stock price is 599% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Orosur Mining’s competitors have a beta of -1.04, suggesting that their average stock price is 204% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

44.7% of shares of all “MINING – GOLD” companies are owned by institutional investors. 6.0% of shares of all “MINING – GOLD” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Orosur Mining	N/A	N/A	-40.39%
Orosur Mining Competitors	19.25%	14.00%	9.10%

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Orosur Mining	N/A	$9.94 million	5.82
Orosur Mining Competitors	$5.32 billion	$491.91 million	-32.22

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

Summary

Orosur Mining competitors beat Orosur Mining on 7 of the 9 factors compared.

About Orosur Mining

Orosur Mining Inc. engages in identifying and advancing mineral projects in South America. Its flagship project is the Anzá gold project located in the Middle Cauca Belt in northern Colombia. The company was formerly known as Uruguay Mineral Exploration Inc. and changed its name to Orosur Mining Inc. in January 2010. Orosur Mining Inc. was incorporated in 1996 and is based in Toronto, Canada.