Franklin Mining (FMNJ) and Its Rivals Critical Review

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Franklin Mining and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Franklin Mining	0	0	0	0	N/A
Franklin Mining Competitors	1106	3572	4426	120	2.39

As a group, “Gold & silver ores” companies have a potential upside of 15.53%. Given Franklin Mining’s peers higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Franklin Mining has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Volatility and Risk

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

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%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

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

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Franklin Mining and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Franklin Mining	N/A	-$430,000.00	-0.04
Franklin Mining Competitors	$2.78 billion	-$73.46 million	-9.62

Franklin Mining’s peers have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Franklin Mining. Franklin Mining is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Franklin Mining peers beat Franklin Mining on 6 of the 10 factors compared.

About Franklin Mining

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.