Head to Head Analysis: Anglo American (AAUKF) and Its Peers

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Anglo American and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Anglo American	N/A	N/A	724.58
Anglo American Competitors	$4.69 billion	$266.77 million	-21.92

Anglo American’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Anglo American. Anglo American 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.

Dividends

Anglo American pays an annual dividend of $0.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Anglo American pays out 1,090.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies pay a dividend yield of 9.4% and pay out 10.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Anglo American lags its competitors as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Profitability

This table compares Anglo American and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Anglo American	N/A	N/A	N/A
Anglo American Competitors	-1,158,604,987,491,368,400.00%	48.69%	-2.27%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

30.3% of Anglo American shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.1% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned by institutional investors. 17.6% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Anglo American competitors beat Anglo American on 5 of the 9 factors compared.

About Anglo American

Anglo American plc operates as a mining company in the United Kingdom and internationally. It explores for rough and polished diamonds, copper, platinum group metals and nickel, steelmaking coal, and iron ore; and nickel, polyhalite, and manganese ores. Anglo American plc was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.