Minco Capital (MGHCF) versus Its Competitors Critical Contrast

Minco Capital (OTCMKTS:MGHCF – Get Rating) is one of 106 public companies in the “Metal mining” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Minco Capital to similar companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Minco Capital and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Minco Capital	0	0	0	0	N/A
Minco Capital Competitors	929	2169	2785	96	2.34

As a group, “Metal mining” companies have a potential upside of 32.83%. Given Minco Capital’s peers higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Minco Capital has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Volatility & Risk

Minco Capital has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Minco Capital’s peers have a beta of 1.33, indicating that their average stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

20.6% of shares of all “Metal mining” companies are held by institutional investors. 10.9% of shares of all “Metal mining” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Minco Capital and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Minco Capital	N/A	-34.37%	-34.08%
Minco Capital Competitors	-450.23%	-7.23%	-3.79%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Minco Capital and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Minco Capital	N/A	-$1.98 million	-0.72
Minco Capital Competitors	$7.72 billion	$2.07 billion	-3.17

Minco Capital’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Minco Capital. Minco Capital 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.

Summary

Minco Capital peers beat Minco Capital on 7 of the 10 factors compared.

About Minco Capital

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Minco Capital Corp. is an investment company, whose objective is to generate income and achieve long term capital appreciation by investing in public and private companies and assets. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.