Acerinox (OTCMKTS:ANIOY – Get Free Report) and Kinross Gold (NYSE:KGC – Get Free Report) are both materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability and dividends.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Acerinox and Kinross Gold, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Acerinox | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2.67 |
| Kinross Gold | 0 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 2.88 |
Kinross Gold has a consensus target price of $37.70, indicating a potential upside of 59.85%. Given Kinross Gold’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kinross Gold is more favorable than Acerinox.
Dividends
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Acerinox and Kinross Gold”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Acerinox | $6.54 billion | 0.74 | -$45.34 million | $0.13 | 74.23 |
| Kinross Gold | $7.05 billion | 3.96 | $2.39 billion | $2.64 | 8.93 |
Kinross Gold has higher revenue and earnings than Acerinox. Kinross Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Acerinox, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
63.7% of Kinross Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Kinross Gold shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares Acerinox and Kinross Gold’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Acerinox | 0.95% | 2.59% | 0.93% |
| Kinross Gold | 37.52% | 34.00% | 23.84% |
Volatility and Risk
Acerinox has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kinross Gold has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Kinross Gold beats Acerinox on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Acerinox
Acerinox, S.A., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, process, and markets stainless steel products in Spain, the United States, Africa, Asia, Rest of Europe, and internationally. It operates through Stainless steel, and High-performance Alloys segments. The company offers flat products, including hot and cold rolled coils and sheets, strips, flat bars, and discs, as well as engraved coil and sheet, black coil, slabs, circles, billets, and plates. It provides long products, which include wire and hexagonal wire rods, peeled bars, hot and cold reinforcement bars, black bars, profiles, angles, and steel profiles, as well as stainless steel, color coated, and reinforcement wires. In additions, it offers stainless steel products, such as austenitic, ferritic, duplex, and martensitic. Acerinox, S.A. was incorporated in 1970 and is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.
About Kinross Gold
Kinross Gold Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of gold properties principally in the United States, Brazil, Chile, Canada, and Mauritania. The company operates the Fort Knox mine and the Manh Choh project in Alaska, as well as the Round Mountain and the Bald Mountain mines in Nevada, the United States; the Paracatu mine in Brazil; the La Coipa and the Lobo-Marte project in Chile; the Tasiast mine in Mauritania; and the Great Bear project in Canada. It is also involved in the extraction and processing of gold-containing ores; reclamation of gold mining properties; and production and sale of silver. Kinross Gold Corporation was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
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