Financial Survey: Nexa Resources (NYSE:NEXA) vs. Orosur Mining (OTCMKTS:OROXF)

Orosur Mining (OTCMKTS:OROXF) and Nexa Resources (NYSE:NEXA) are both small-cap materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Orosur Mining and Nexa Resources, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Orosur Mining	0	0	0	0	0.00
Nexa Resources	1	6	0	0	1.86

Nexa Resources has a consensus target price of $14.40, indicating a potential upside of 1.87%. Given Nexa Resources’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Nexa Resources is more favorable than Orosur Mining.

Volatility and Risk

Orosur Mining has a beta of 8.86, indicating that its share price is 786% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nexa Resources has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Orosur Mining and Nexa Resources’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Orosur Mining	N/A	-93.07%	-49.42%
Nexa Resources	8.02%	20.25%	5.28%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Orosur Mining and Nexa Resources”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Orosur Mining	N/A	N/A	$9.94 million	$0.04	5.50
Nexa Resources	$3.00 billion	0.62	$132.63 million	$2.09	6.76

Nexa Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Orosur Mining. Orosur Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nexa Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Nexa Resources beats Orosur Mining on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Nexa Resources

Nexa Resources S.A., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the zinc mining and smelting business worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Mining and Smelting. It produces zinc, zamac, zinc oxide, and zincal, as well as by-products, such as copper, lead, silver, gold, copper sulfate, sulfuric acid, copper cementum, silver concentrate, slag aggregates, and cadmium/sponge deposits. The company owns and operates six polymetallic mines, including three located in the Central Andes of Peru; two located in the State of Minas Gerais in Brazil; and one located in the State of Mato Grosso in Brazil. It also owns and operates three zinc smelters comprising one located in Cajamarquilla in Peru; and two located in the State of Minas Gerais in Brazil, which recovers and produces metallic zinc, zinc oxide, and by-products, such as sulfuric acid. The company also exports its products. Its products are used in civil construction, transportation, energy, agriculture, health, and consumer goods industries. The company was formerly known as VM Holding S.A. and changed its name to Nexa Resources S.A. in September 2017. The company was founded in 1956 and is based in Luxembourg, Luxembourg. Nexa Resources S.A. operates as a subsidiary of Votorantim S.A.