Analyzing Aurubis (AIAGY) & Its Rivals

Aurubis (OTCMKTS:AIAGY) is one of 434 publicly-traded companies in the “Machinery” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Aurubis to similar businesses based on the strength of its dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk and earnings.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

52.2% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are held by institutional investors. 13.9% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Aurubis and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aurubis	N/A	N/A	206.32
Aurubis Competitors	$4.52 billion	$348.34 million	-21.67

Aurubis’ peers have higher revenue and earnings than Aurubis. Aurubis 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.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aurubis	N/A	N/A	N/A
Aurubis Competitors	-1,946.96%	-10.16%	0.86%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Aurubis and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aurubis	0	2	0	0	2.00
Aurubis Competitors	4085	14487	17901	777	2.41

As a group, “Machinery” companies have a potential upside of 31.26%. Given Aurubis’ peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Aurubis has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Summary

Aurubis peers beat Aurubis on 8 of the 11 factors compared.

Aurubis Company Profile

Aurubis AG processes metal concentrates and recycling materials in Germany. The company processes scrap metals, organic and inorganic metalbearing recycling raw materials, and industrial residues. It also offers wire rods and specialty wires, shapes, bars and profiles, industrial rolled products, and architectural rolled products. In addition, the company produces gold, silver, tin, lead, lead-bismuth alloy, lead-antimony litharge, tellurium metals, and tellurium dioxide. Further, the company engages in the recycling of copper, copper scrap, alloy scrap and other recycling materials, precious metals, and other non-ferrous metals. Additionally, it produces sulfuric acid, iron-silicate, smelter intermediates, and selenium, as well as produces various products from purchased copper and copper alloy scrap, electronic scrap, and industrial residues. The company was formerly known as Norddeutsche Affinerie AG and changed its name to Aurubis AG in April 2009. Aurubis AG was founded in 1866 and is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany.