Analyzing Mako Mining (MAKO) and The Competition

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for Mako Mining and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mako Mining	0	1	1	0	2.50
Mako Mining Competitors	6303	22409	31973	1766	2.47

As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies have a potential upside of 14.46%. Given Mako Mining’s peers higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Mako Mining has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mako Mining	$148.47 million	$33.74 million	24.48
Mako Mining Competitors	$174.27 billion	$277.23 million	-32.47

Mako Mining’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Mako Mining. Mako Mining 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.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

15.9% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are held by institutional investors. 17.7% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Mako Mining and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mako Mining	25.11%	34.25%	22.57%
Mako Mining Competitors	-1,161,736,352,322,426,800.00%	-9.12%	-2.11%

Summary

Mako Mining peers beat Mako Mining on 7 of the 12 factors compared.

About Mako Mining

Mako Mining Corp. is a gold mining, development and exploration company. It operates principally in San Albino gold mine in Nueva Segovia, Nicaragua. Mako Mining Corp. is based in VANCOUVER, BC.