Fortuna Mining (NYSE:FSM – Get Free Report) and Almonty Industries (NASDAQ:ALM – Get Free Report) are both mid-cap materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings for Fortuna Mining and Almonty Industries, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Fortuna Mining | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2.80 |
| Almonty Industries | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2.88 |
Fortuna Mining presently has a consensus price target of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.71%. Almonty Industries has a consensus price target of $24.21, indicating a potential upside of 76.45%. Given Almonty Industries’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Almonty Industries is more favorable than Fortuna Mining.
Profitability
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Fortuna Mining | 31.99% | 17.48% | 12.88% |
| Almonty Industries | 125.89% | 9.19% | 3.97% |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Fortuna Mining and Almonty Industries”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Fortuna Mining | $947.06 million | 3.65 | $287.47 million | $1.18 | 9.91 |
| Almonty Industries | $85.80 million | 46.07 | -$115.88 million | $0.16 | 85.75 |
Fortuna Mining has higher revenue and earnings than Almonty Industries. Fortuna Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Almonty Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk and Volatility
Fortuna Mining has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Almonty Industries has a beta of 3.75, meaning that its stock price is 275% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
33.8% of Fortuna Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Fortuna Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Almonty Industries beats Fortuna Mining on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Fortuna Mining
Fortuna Mining Corp. engages in the precious and base metal mining in Argentina, Burkina Faso, Mexico, Peru, and Côte d’Ivoire. It operates through Mansfield, Sanu, Sango, Cuzcatlan, Bateas, and Corporate segments. The company primarily explores for silver, lead, zinc, and gold. Its flagship project is the Séguéla gold mine, which consists of approximately 62,000 hectares and is located in the Worodougou Region of the Woroba District, Côte d’Ivoire. The company was formerly known as Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. and changed its name to Fortuna Mining Corp. in June 2024. Fortuna Mining Corp. was incorporated in 1990 and is based in Vancouver, Canada.
About Almonty Industries
Almonty Industries Inc. is a producer of tungsten concentrate. The Company is currently mining, processing and shipping tungsten concentrate from its Panasqueira Mine in Portugal. Almonty Industries Inc. is based in TORONTO.
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