Financial Contrast: Metals Acquisition (NYSE:MTAL) & Anglo American (OTCMKTS:NGLOY)

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

Insider & Institutional Ownership

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Metals Acquisition and Anglo American, as provided by MarketBeat.

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

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

Profitability

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

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

Risk & Volatility

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

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Metals Acquisition and Anglo American”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

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

Anglo American has higher revenue and earnings than Metals Acquisition.

Summary

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

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.

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.