Head to Head Review: Franklin Mining (FMNJ) & The Competition

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 analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.

Institutional and Insider 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of shares of all “Gold & silver ores” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Franklin Mining and its peers 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	$4.64 billion	-$73.46 million	-7.18

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.

Risk and Volatility

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings 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	3576	4426	120	2.39

As a group, “Gold & silver ores” companies have a potential upside of 15.07%. Given Franklin Mining’s peers higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Franklin Mining has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

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 6 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.