Taseko Mines (NYSE:TGB) and Namib Minerals (NASDAQ:NAMM) Critical Survey

Taseko Mines (NYSE:TGB) and Namib Minerals (NASDAQ:NAMM) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Taseko Mines and Namib Minerals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Taseko Mines	0	1	1	0	2.50
Namib Minerals	1	1	0	0	1.50

Taseko Mines presently has a consensus price target of $5.00, suggesting a potential downside of 39.69%. Given Taseko Mines’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Taseko Mines is more favorable than Namib Minerals.

Volatility & Risk

Taseko Mines has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Namib Minerals has a beta of -0.02, suggesting that its stock price is 102% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Taseko Mines and Namib Minerals”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Taseko Mines	$596.94 million	5.01	$61.28 million	($0.13)	-63.77
Namib Minerals	N/A	N/A	-$20.75 million	($1.27)	-2.07

Taseko Mines has higher revenue and earnings than Namib Minerals. Taseko Mines is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Namib Minerals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Taseko Mines and Namib Minerals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Taseko Mines	-2.09%	12.04%	2.89%
Namib Minerals	N/A	N/A	-56.66%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

17.9% of Taseko Mines shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.5% of Namib Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Taseko Mines shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 30.5% of Namib Minerals shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Taseko Mines beats Namib Minerals on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Taseko Mines

Taseko Mines Limited, a mining company, acquires, develops, and operates mineral properties. It explores for copper, molybdenum, gold, niobium, and silver deposits. The company’s principal asset comprises 100% interest owned the Gibraltar mine located in British Columbia. It also holds interest in the Yellowhead copper project, the Aley niobium project, and the New Prosperity gold and copper project located in British Columbia; and the Florence copper project located in Arizona. Taseko Mines Limited was incorporated in 1966 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

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.