Namib Minerals (NAMM) vs. Its Peers Critical Review

Namib Minerals (NASDAQ:NAMM) is one of 54 publicly-traded companies in the “Gold & Silver Ores” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Namib Minerals to related companies based on the strength of its profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.

Risk & Volatility

Namib Minerals has a beta of -0.11, suggesting that its share price is 111% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Namib Minerals’ peers have a beta of 0.83, suggesting that their average share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Namib Minerals	N/A	-$20.75 million	-2.07
Namib Minerals Competitors	$901.64 million	-$221.11 million	-37.08

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

59.5% of Namib Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.9% of shares of all “Gold & Silver Ores” companies are owned by institutional investors. 30.5% of Namib Minerals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.8% of shares of all “Gold & Silver Ores” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Namib Minerals	N/A	N/A	-56.66%
Namib Minerals Competitors	-56.04%	0.43%	0.77%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Namib Minerals and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Namib Minerals	1	0	0	0	1.00
Namib Minerals Competitors	462	1110	1051	24	2.24

As a group, “Gold & Silver Ores” companies have a potential upside of 18.90%. Given Namib Minerals’ peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Namib Minerals has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Summary

Namib Minerals peers 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.