Contrasting Namib Minerals (NAMM) and Its Rivals

Insider & Institutional Ownership

59.5% of Namib Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.5% of shares of all “Gold & Silver Ores” companies are held by institutional investors. 30.5% of Namib Minerals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.1% of shares of all “Gold & Silver Ores” companies are held 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.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Namib Minerals	N/A	N/A	-42.57%
Namib Minerals Competitors	-56.04%	0.43%	0.77%

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Namib Minerals	$85.88 million	-$20.75 million	-2.59
Namib Minerals Competitors	$860.85 million	-$211.09 million	-41.25

Namib Minerals’ peers have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Namib Minerals. Namib Minerals 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.

Risk and Volatility

Namib Minerals has a beta of -0.16, indicating that its share price is 116% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Namib Minerals’ peers have a beta of 0.85, indicating that their average share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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

About Namib Minerals

Namib Minerals is a gold producer, developer and explorer with operations focused principally in Zimbabwe. Namib Minerals, formerly known as Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VI, is based in New York.