Namib Minerals (NAMM) and The Competition Critical Contrast

Namib Minerals (NASDAQ:NAMM) is one of 53 publicly-traded companies in the “Gold & Silver Ores” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Namib Minerals to related companies based on the strength of its risk, earnings, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Namib Minerals and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Namib Minerals	1	0	0	0	1.00
Namib Minerals Competitors	459	1108	1066	25	2.25

As a group, “Gold & Silver Ores” companies have a potential upside of 8.17%. Given Namib Minerals’ competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Namib Minerals has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Namib Minerals	N/A	-$20.75 million	-2.53
Namib Minerals Competitors	$901.64 million	-$221.11 million	-41.57

Namib Minerals’ competitors have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Namib Minerals. Namib Minerals 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.

Risk & Volatility

Namib Minerals has a beta of -0.11, meaning that its share price is 111% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Namib Minerals’ competitors have a beta of 0.87, meaning that their average share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Namib Minerals	N/A	N/A	-42.57%
Namib Minerals Competitors	-56.04%	0.43%	0.77%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

59.5% of Namib Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.4% 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, 11.1% of shares of all “Gold & Silver Ores” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

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

Namib Minerals Company Profile

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.