Critical Comparison: Jaguar Mining (JAGGD) and Its Competitors

Jaguar Mining (OTCMKTS:JAGGD) is one of 110 publicly-traded companies in the “Metal Mining” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare Jaguar Mining to related businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Jaguar Mining and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Jaguar Mining	0	0	0	0	N/A
Jaguar Mining Competitors	1190	2566	3119	121	2.31

As a group, “Metal Mining” companies have a potential upside of 32.34%. Given Jaguar Mining’s rivals higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Jaguar Mining has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Volatility & Risk

Jaguar Mining has a beta of 2.75, suggesting that its stock price is 175% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jaguar Mining’s rivals have a beta of 1.12, suggesting that their average stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

28.2% of shares of all “Metal Mining” companies are held by institutional investors. 13.0% of shares of all “Metal Mining” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

Jaguar Mining pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. Jaguar Mining pays out 49.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Metal Mining” companies pay a dividend yield of 3.3% and pay out 80.7% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Jaguar Mining is clearly a better dividend stock than its rivals, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Profitability

This table compares Jaguar Mining and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Jaguar Mining	28.17%	26.75%	17.80%
Jaguar Mining Competitors	-84.86%	-3.70%	-3.47%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Jaguar Mining and its rivals revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Jaguar Mining	$97.23 million	-$150,000.00	6.40
Jaguar Mining Competitors	$6.79 billion	$973.46 million	-4.05

Jaguar Mining’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Jaguar Mining. Jaguar Mining 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.

Summary

Jaguar Mining beats its rivals on 7 of the 12 factors compared.

Jaguar Mining Company Profile

Jaguar Mining, Inc. engages in the acquisition, exploration, development and operation of gold producing properties in Brazil. Its mining operations include Turmalina, Paciência and Caeté. The firm is also developing the Grurupi Project and exploring the Iron Quadrangle and Pedra Branca Project. The company was founded by Daniel R. Titcomb in 1984 and is headquartered Toronto, Canada.