Contrasting Franklin Mining (FMNJ) & The Competition

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 rivals? We will compare Franklin Mining to related companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Franklin Mining and its rivals top-line 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 rivals have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Franklin Mining. Franklin Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

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 insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of shares of all “Gold & silver ores” companies are held by 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.

Risk and Volatility

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Franklin Mining and its rivals, 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 rivals higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Franklin Mining has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares Franklin Mining and its rivals’ 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 rivals beat Franklin Mining on 7 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.