Critical Contrast: Minco Capital (MGHCF) & Its Peers

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

Volatility and 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 rivals have a beta of 1.33, indicating that their average stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Minco Capital and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Minco Capital	N/A	-$1.98 million	-0.75
Minco Capital Competitors	$7.67 billion	$2.07 billion	-3.33

Minco Capital’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Minco Capital. Minco Capital is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Minco Capital and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Minco Capital	0	0	0	0	N/A
Minco Capital Competitors	930	2170	2785	96	2.34

As a group, “Metal mining” companies have a potential upside of 38.41%. Given Minco Capital’s rivals higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Minco Capital has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

20.4% of shares of all “Metal mining” companies are owned by institutional investors. 10.6% of shares of all “Metal mining” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Minco Capital	N/A	-43.48%	-43.12%
Minco Capital Competitors	-450.23%	-7.23%	-3.79%

Summary

Minco Capital rivals 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.