Analyzing Almonty Industries (ALM) & The Competition

Almonty Industries (NASDAQ:ALM) is one of 1,984 publicly-traded companies in the “Metals & Mining” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Almonty Industries to similar companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation and profitability.

Profitability

This table compares Almonty Industries and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Almonty Industries	125.89%	9.19%	3.97%
Almonty Industries Competitors	-1,161,736,352,322,426,600.00%	-52.87%	-2.06%

Risk and Volatility

Almonty Industries has a beta of 4.65, meaning that its share price is 365% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Almonty Industries’ competitors have a beta of 0.96, meaning that their average share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

15.9% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned by institutional investors. 17.6% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Almonty Industries and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Almonty Industries	$23.27 million	-$115.88 million	51.09
Almonty Industries Competitors	$4.79 billion	$279.47 million	-26.07

Almonty Industries’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Almonty Industries. Almonty Industries 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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for Almonty Industries and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Almonty Industries	0	2	5	1	2.88
Almonty Industries Competitors	6414	22620	32331	1801	2.47

Almonty Industries presently has a consensus price target of $23.04, indicating a potential upside of 181.86%. As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies have a potential upside of 24.48%. Given Almonty Industries’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Almonty Industries is more favorable than its competitors.

Summary

Almonty Industries beats its competitors on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

About Almonty Industries

Almonty Industries Inc. is a mining company focused on tungsten, a metal used in applications such as cutting tools, industrial machinery, electronics and defense. The company produces tungsten concentrate and develops and operates tungsten mining assets. Its portfolio includes the Panasqueira mine in Portugal and the Los Santos mine in Spain, as well as the Sangdong tungsten project in South Korea. Almonty’s activities span Europe and Asia, with Sangdong representing a major project in the company’s effort to expand tungsten supply outside China.