Financial Analysis: Sumitomo Metal Mining (OTCMKTS:SMMYY) versus Almonty Industries (NASDAQ:ALM)

Almonty Industries (NASDAQ:ALM) and Sumitomo Metal Mining (OTCMKTS:SMMYY) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, profitability and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Almonty Industries and Sumitomo Metal Mining, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Almonty Industries	1	0	3	0	2.50
Sumitomo Metal Mining	0	0	0	1	4.00

Almonty Industries currently has a consensus target price of $9.83, suggesting a potential upside of 41.49%. Given Almonty Industries’ higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Almonty Industries is more favorable than Sumitomo Metal Mining.

Profitability

This table compares Almonty Industries and Sumitomo Metal Mining’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Almonty Industries	-366.52%	-104.72%	-11.76%
Sumitomo Metal Mining	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Almonty Industries and Sumitomo Metal Mining”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Almonty Industries	$21.05 million	74.16	-$11.89 million	($0.34)	-20.44
Sumitomo Metal Mining	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Sumitomo Metal Mining has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Almonty Industries.

Summary

Sumitomo Metal Mining beats Almonty Industries on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Almonty Industries

Almonty Industries Inc. is a producer of tungsten concentrate. The Company is currently mining, processing and shipping tungsten concentrate from its Panasqueira Mine in Portugal. Almonty Industries Inc. is based in TORONTO.

About Sumitomo Metal Mining

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, engages in mining, smelting, and refining non-ferrous metals in Japan and internationally. It operates through Mineral Resources, Smelting & Refining, and Materials segments. The company provides metal products, including copper, nickel/cobalt, gold/precious metal, and others; battery materials, such as nickel hydroxides, lithium nickel-cobalt-aluminum oxides, and lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide; and crystal materials, including lithium tantalates/lithium niobates, optical isolators, faraday rotators, and substitute gallium gadolinium garnet. It also offers powder materials comprising thick film pastes, nickel and fine copper powders, nickel oxides, absorbing materials, sputtering targets, AuSn solder materials, rare earth magnetic materials, and lubricants; package materials consisting of copper-clad polyimide films and printed wiring boards; automotive, hydro processing (HPC), rejuvenation and regeneration of HPC, and petrochemical catalysts products; construction materials; and terminal and connectors. In addition, the company involved in the water and precious metals recycling; water treatment and environment-related engineering; sterilization and property modification by irradiation; and domestic marine transportation businesses. Further, it engages in the real estate and technical engineering businesses. The company was formerly known as Seika Kogyo (Mining) Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. in June 1952. Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. was founded in 1590 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.