Head to Head Review: Metals Acquisition (NYSE:MTAL) vs. Anglo American (OTCMKTS:NGLOY)

Anglo American (OTCMKTS:NGLOY) and Metals Acquisition (NYSE:MTAL) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Anglo American and Metals Acquisition, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Anglo American	0	3	3	0	2.50
Metals Acquisition	0	1	2	0	2.67

Metals Acquisition has a consensus target price of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.30%. Given Metals Acquisition’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Metals Acquisition is more favorable than Anglo American.

Profitability

This table compares Anglo American and Metals Acquisition’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Anglo American	N/A	N/A	N/A
Metals Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Anglo American and Metals Acquisition”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Anglo American	$30.65 billion	1.42	$283.00 million	N/A	N/A
Metals Acquisition	$322.58 million	2.18	-$144.55 million	N/A	N/A

Anglo American has higher revenue and earnings than Metals Acquisition.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

0.0% of Anglo American shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.5% of Metals Acquisition shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Metals Acquisition shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

Anglo American has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Metals Acquisition has a beta of 0.01, suggesting that its stock price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Metals Acquisition beats Anglo American on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Anglo American

Anglo American plc operates as a mining company in the United Kingdom and internationally. It explores for rough and polished diamonds, copper, platinum group metals and nickel, steelmaking coal, and iron ore; and nickel, polyhalite, and manganese ores. Anglo American plc was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

About Metals Acquisition

Metals Acquisition Limited focuses on mining and production of copper and silver. It operates the CSA copper mine in Cobar, Australia. The company was incorporated in 2022 and is headquartered in Saint Helier, Jersey.