Critical Contrast: Franklin Mining (FMNJ) vs. Its Rivals

Franklin Mining (OTCMKTS:FMNJ) is one of 110 publicly-traded companies in the “Gold & silver ores” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Franklin Mining to related businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, valuation and profitability.

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Franklin Mining	N/A	-$430,000.00	-0.06
Franklin Mining Competitors	$4.65 billion	-$73.46 million	4.57

Franklin Mining’s peers have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Franklin Mining. Franklin Mining 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 and Risk

Franklin Mining has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franklin Mining’s peers have a beta of 0.99, suggesting that their average stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Franklin Mining and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Franklin Mining	0	0	0	0	N/A
Franklin Mining Competitors	1106	3576	4427	120	2.39

As a group, “Gold & silver ores” companies have a potential upside of 18.68%. Given Franklin Mining’s peers higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Franklin Mining has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

34.8% of shares of all “Gold & silver ores” companies are owned by institutional investors. 20.0% of Franklin Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of shares of all “Gold & silver ores” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Franklin Mining and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Franklin Mining	N/A	N/A	N/A
Franklin Mining Competitors	-39.81%	4.06%	3.39%

Summary

Franklin Mining peers beat Franklin Mining on 7 of the 10 factors compared.

Franklin Mining Company Profile

Franklin Mining, Inc., a mining and exploration company, acquires and develops mineral properties. The company explores for gold, silver, lead, and zinc deposits. It owns interests in the La Joya mining concession in Bolivia; and Madre de Dios Area, Ch-Mine, and Los Totems project in Peru. The company was formerly known as WCM Capital, Inc. Franklin Mining, Inc. was founded in 1864 and is based in Carson City, Nevada.