Analyzing Namib Minerals (NAMM) and Its Rivals

Namib Minerals (NASDAQ:NAMM) is one of 54 public companies in the “Gold & Silver Ores” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Namib Minerals to similar businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, profitability and earnings.

Profitability

This table compares Namib Minerals and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Namib Minerals	N/A	N/A	-56.66%
Namib Minerals Competitors	-56.04%	0.43%	0.77%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Namib Minerals and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Namib Minerals	N/A	-$20.75 million	-2.08
Namib Minerals Competitors	$901.64 million	-$221.11 million	-39.03

Namib Minerals’ peers have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Namib Minerals. Namib Minerals is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Risk & Volatility

Namib Minerals has a beta of -0.11, suggesting that its stock price is 111% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Namib Minerals’ peers have a beta of 0.83, suggesting that their average stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

59.5% of Namib Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.9% of shares of all “Gold & Silver Ores” companies are owned by institutional investors. 30.5% of Namib Minerals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.8% of shares of all “Gold & Silver Ores” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Namib Minerals and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Namib Minerals	1	0	0	0	1.00
Namib Minerals Competitors	462	1110	1051	24	2.24

As a group, “Gold & Silver Ores” companies have a potential upside of 15.84%. Given Namib Minerals’ peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Namib Minerals has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Summary

Namib Minerals peers beat Namib Minerals on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

About Namib Minerals

Namib Minerals is a gold producer, developer and explorer with operations focused principally in Zimbabwe. Namib Minerals, formerly known as Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VI, is based in New York.