Jaguar Mining (JAGGD) & Its Rivals Critical Analysis

Jaguar Mining (OTCMKTS:JAGGD) is one of 111 public companies in the “Metal Mining” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Jaguar Mining to related companies based on the strength of its dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

27.5% of shares of all “Metal Mining” companies are held by institutional investors. 12.8% of shares of all “Metal Mining” companies are held by company 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

Jaguar Mining has a beta of 2.75, meaning that its share price is 175% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jaguar Mining’s competitors have a beta of 0.50, meaning that their average share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for Jaguar Mining and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Jaguar Mining	0	0	0	0	N/A
Jaguar Mining Competitors	1188	2562	3114	120	2.31

As a group, “Metal Mining” companies have a potential upside of 37.86%. Given Jaguar Mining’s competitors higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Jaguar Mining has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Jaguar Mining and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Jaguar Mining	$97.23 million	-$150,000.00	5.78
Jaguar Mining Competitors	$6.79 billion	$973.46 million	-3.56

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

Dividends

Jaguar Mining pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. Jaguar Mining pays out 49.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Metal Mining” companies pay a dividend yield of 3.5% and pay out 83.4% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Jaguar Mining is clearly a better dividend stock than its competitors, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Profitability

This table compares Jaguar Mining and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Jaguar Mining	28.17%	26.75%	17.80%
Jaguar Mining Competitors	-84.86%	-3.70%	-3.47%

Summary

Jaguar Mining beats its competitors on 7 of the 12 factors compared.

About Jaguar Mining

Jaguar Mining, Inc. engages in the acquisition, exploration, development and operation of gold producing properties in Brazil. Its mining operations include Turmalina, Paciência and Caeté. The firm is also developing the Grurupi Project and exploring the Iron Quadrangle and Pedra Branca Project. The company was founded by Daniel R. Titcomb in 1984 and is headquartered Toronto, Canada.