Wealth Minerals (OTCMKTS: WMLLF) is one of 55 publicly-traded companies in the “Metal mining” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Wealth Minerals to similar companies based on the strength of its valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
27.9% of shares of all “Metal mining” companies are owned by institutional investors. 7.8% of shares of all “Metal mining” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Wealth Minerals and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Wealth Minerals | N/A | -92.27% | -88.41% |
| Wealth Minerals Competitors | -305.68% | 9.19% | 2.01% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Wealth Minerals and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Wealth Minerals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| Wealth Minerals Competitors | 588 | 1611 | 1660 | 94 | 2.32 |
As a group, “Metal mining” companies have a potential upside of 397.03%. Given Wealth Minerals’ peers higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Wealth Minerals has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Wealth Minerals and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Wealth Minerals | N/A | -$22.39 million | -0.90 |
| Wealth Minerals Competitors | $7.43 billion | $1.41 billion | 11.88 |
Wealth Minerals’ peers have higher revenue and earnings than Wealth Minerals. Wealth Minerals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.
Volatility & Risk
Wealth Minerals has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wealth Minerals’ peers have a beta of -0.73, suggesting that their average stock price is 173% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Wealth Minerals peers beat Wealth Minerals on 8 of the 10 factors compared.
About Wealth Minerals
Wealth Minerals Ltd. is a junior mineral resource exploration company with a focus on the acquisition, exploration and development of mineral properties primarily prospective for precious metals. It holds interst in Atacama Salar, Laguna Verde, Trinity and Five Salars projects. Wealth Minerals was founded on October 7, 1994 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.