Financial Review: United States Antimony (UAMY) and Its Competitors

United States Antimony (NYSE:UAMY) is one of 1,987 publicly-traded companies in the “Metals & Mining” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare United States Antimony to similar companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.

Profitability

This table compares United States Antimony and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
United States Antimony	-44.60%	-5.29%	-4.86%
United States Antimony Competitors	-1,161,736,352,322,426,800.00%	-9.02%	-2.06%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for United States Antimony and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
United States Antimony	1	0	4	0	2.60
United States Antimony Competitors	6292	22376	31927	1761	2.47

United States Antimony presently has a consensus target price of $10.12, suggesting a potential upside of 93.59%. As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies have a potential upside of 17.44%. Given United States Antimony’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe United States Antimony is more favorable than its peers.

Risk & Volatility

United States Antimony has a beta of 0.39, suggesting that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United States Antimony’s peers have a beta of 1.02, suggesting that their average stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

9.5% of United States Antimony shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.9% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are held by institutional investors. 5.5% of United States Antimony shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.7% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares United States Antimony and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
United States Antimony	$36.44 million	-$4.34 million	-40.23
United States Antimony Competitors	$4.64 billion	$277.89 million	-26.74

United States Antimony’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than United States Antimony. United States Antimony 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.

Summary

United States Antimony peers beat United States Antimony on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

About United States Antimony

United States Antimony Corporation produces and sells antimony, silver, gold, precious metals, and zeolite products in the United States, and Canada. It operates through Antimony, Zeolite, and Precious Metals segments. The company offers antimony oxide that is primarily used in conjunction with a halogen to form a synergistic flame retardant system for plastics, rubber, fiberglass, textile goods, paints, coatings, and paper, as well as color fastener in paints and as a phosphorescent agent in fluorescent light bulbs; antimony trisulfide used as a primer in ammunition; and antimony metal for use in bearings, storage batteries, and ordnance. The company also offers coarse and fine zeolite for soil amendment and fertilizer, water filtration, sewage treatment, nuclear waste and other environmental cleanup, odor control, gas separation, and animal nutrition applications, as well as in catalysts, petroleum refining, concrete, solar energy and heat exchange, desiccants, pellet binding, horse and kitty litter, and floor cleaners, as well as carriers for insecticides, pesticides, and herbicides. In addition, it recovers unrefined and refined gold and silver. United States Antimony Corporation was founded in 1968 and is based in Thompson Falls, Montana.