Reviewing Franklin Mining (FMNJ) & The Competition

Franklin Mining (OTCMKTS:FMNJ) is one of 105 public companies in the “Gold & silver ores” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Franklin Mining to related businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, risk, profitability, dividends and institutional ownership.

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, 7.3% 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.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Franklin Mining and its competitors top-line 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	$2.66 billion	-$28.39 million	-9.74

Franklin Mining’s competitors have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Franklin Mining. Franklin 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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Franklin Mining and its competitors, 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	1048	3274	4090	103	2.38

As a group, “Gold & silver ores” companies have a potential upside of 12.47%. Given Franklin Mining’s competitors higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Franklin Mining has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares Franklin Mining and its competitors’ 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	-40.87%	4.37%	3.46%

Volatility & Risk

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 competitors have a beta of 1.03, indicating that their average stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Franklin Mining competitors 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.