Contrasting OZ Minerals (OZMLF) and Its Peers

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares OZ Minerals and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
OZ Minerals	N/A	N/A	-172.56
OZ Minerals Competitors	$4.62 billion	$272.63 million	-24.95

OZ Minerals’ peers have higher revenue and earnings than OZ Minerals. OZ Minerals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
OZ Minerals	N/A	N/A	N/A
OZ Minerals Competitors	-1,158,604,987,491,368,800.00%	-14.41%	-2.05%

Dividends

OZ Minerals pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. OZ Minerals pays out -181.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies pay a dividend yield of 8.8% and pay out 10.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

33.3% of OZ Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.9% 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

OZ Minerals beats its peers on 5 of the 9 factors compared.

About OZ Minerals

OZ Minerals Ltd. is a copper-focused international company. It operates through the following segments: Prominent Hill, Carrapateena, Carajas, West Must Grave, Exploration and Development, and Corporate. The Prominent Hill segment engages in the mining and processing high grade underground ore containing copper, gold and silver along with open pit ore from stockpiles. The Carrapateena segment is involved in mining and processing underground ore containing copper, gold, and silver. The Carajás segment focuses on mining and processing open pit ore containing copper and gold from the Antas mine and developing the Pedra Branca Mine in the Carajas Hub in Brazil. The Exploration and Development segment includes exploration and evaluation activities associated with other projects. The Corporate segment offers corporate activities such as other investment in equity securities and cash balances. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Adelaide, Australia.