Reviewing Triple Flag Precious Metals (TFPM) & The Competition

Triple Flag Precious Metals (NYSE:TFPM) is one of 51 public companies in the “MINING – GOLD” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Triple Flag Precious Metals to related companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Triple Flag Precious Metals and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Triple Flag Precious Metals	0	2	3	1	2.83
Triple Flag Precious Metals Competitors	382	2132	2550	116	2.46

Triple Flag Precious Metals currently has a consensus price target of $24.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.86%. As a group, “MINING – GOLD” companies have a potential upside of 9.63%. Given Triple Flag Precious Metals’ peers higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Triple Flag Precious Metals has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares Triple Flag Precious Metals and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Triple Flag Precious Metals	1.71%	7.69%	7.51%
Triple Flag Precious Metals Competitors	-64.06%	9.90%	7.00%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

82.9% of Triple Flag Precious Metals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.4% of shares of all “MINING – GOLD” companies are held by institutional investors. 6.2% of shares of all “MINING – GOLD” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

Triple Flag Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Triple Flag Precious Metals pays out 733.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “MINING – GOLD” companies pay a dividend yield of 1.2% and pay out 29.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Triple Flag Precious Metals has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Triple Flag Precious Metals lags its peers as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Triple Flag Precious Metals and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Triple Flag Precious Metals	$268.99 million	-$23.08 million	815.13
Triple Flag Precious Metals Competitors	$2.71 billion	$498.10 million	-6.68

Triple Flag Precious Metals’ peers have higher revenue and earnings than Triple Flag Precious Metals. Triple Flag Precious Metals 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.

Volatility and Risk

Triple Flag Precious Metals has a beta of -0.24, indicating that its stock price is 124% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Triple Flag Precious Metals’ peers have a beta of -0.97, indicating that their average stock price is 197% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Triple Flag Precious Metals beats its peers on 8 of the 15 factors compared.

About Triple Flag Precious Metals

Triple Flag Precious Metals Corp., a precious-metals-focused streaming and royalty company, engages in acquiring and managing precious metals, streams, royalties and other mineral interests in Australia, Canada, Colombia, Cote d'Ivoire, Honduras, Mexico, Mongolia, Peru, South Africa, the United States, and internationally. The company has a portfolio of streams and royalties providing exposure to gold, silver, nickel, copper, zinc, and lead. It holds a royalty interest in the Beta Hunt mine located in Pert, Wester Australia; the Camino Rojo gold and silver mine located in Mexico; the El Mochito polymetallic mine located in north-western Honduras; and La Colorada polymetallic mine located in Mexico. Triple Flag Precious Metals Corp. was founded in 2016 and is based in Toronto, Canada.