ThyssenKrupp (OTCMKTS:TKAMY – Get Free Report) and Triple Flag Precious Metals (NYSE:TFPM – Get Free Report) are both mid-cap materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
82.9% of Triple Flag Precious Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Dividends
ThyssenKrupp pays an annual dividend of $0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Triple Flag Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. ThyssenKrupp pays out 20.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Triple Flag Precious Metals pays out 12.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Triple Flag Precious Metals has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Triple Flag Precious Metals is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Analyst Ratings
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| ThyssenKrupp | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2.62 |
| Triple Flag Precious Metals | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2.56 |
Triple Flag Precious Metals has a consensus target price of $39.25, suggesting a potential upside of 25.87%. Given Triple Flag Precious Metals’ higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Triple Flag Precious Metals is more favorable than ThyssenKrupp.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares ThyssenKrupp and Triple Flag Precious Metals”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| ThyssenKrupp | $36.31 billion | 0.26 | $514.57 million | $0.54 | 28.39 |
| Triple Flag Precious Metals | $388.70 million | 16.53 | $240.01 million | $1.99 | 15.67 |
ThyssenKrupp has higher revenue and earnings than Triple Flag Precious Metals. Triple Flag Precious Metals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ThyssenKrupp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares ThyssenKrupp and Triple Flag Precious Metals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| ThyssenKrupp | 0.89% | 5.85% | 2.14% |
| Triple Flag Precious Metals | 84.32% | 14.09% | 13.64% |
Risk & Volatility
ThyssenKrupp has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Triple Flag Precious Metals has a beta of -0.13, indicating that its share price is 113% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Triple Flag Precious Metals beats ThyssenKrupp on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
About ThyssenKrupp
thyssenkrupp AG operates as an industrial and technology company in Germany and internationally. It operates through five segments: Automotive Technology, Decarbon Technologies, Materials Services, Steel Europe, and Marine Systems. The Automotive Technology segment offers components, systems, and automation solutions for vehicle manufacturing, such as axle assembly, body in white, camshafts and electric engine components, dampers, dies, springs and stabilizers, crankshafts and conrods, steering, and undercarriages. The Decarbon Technologies segment provides slewing bearings and rings, green ammonia and methanol, chemical and cement plants, high pressure processing, and refinery services, as well as green hydrogen. The Marine System segment manufactures submarines, naval services, and naval surface vessels. The Material Services segment offers 3D-printing/additive manufacturing, alloys, infrastructure project and services, industrial minerals, logistics services, metals, nonferrous metals, plastics, rolled steel, special ores, and stainless steel. The Steel Europe segment manufactures composite materials, electrical steel, hot strips, organic coated strips and sheet, packaging steel, precision steel strip, and sheet and coated products. thyssenkrupp AG was founded in 1811 and is headquartered in Essen, Germany.
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.
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