Head-To-Head Survey: Lundin Mining (OTC:LUNMF) & Avino Silver & Gold Mines (NYSE:ASM)

Avino Silver & Gold Mines (NYSE:ASM) and Lundin Mining (OTC:LUNMF) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Avino Silver & Gold Mines and Lundin Mining”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Avino Silver & Gold Mines	$54.33 million	3.23	$540,000.00	$0.02	62.50
Lundin Mining	$3.42 billion	1.99	$241.56 million	($0.26)	-30.23

Lundin Mining has higher revenue and earnings than Avino Silver & Gold Mines. Lundin Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Avino Silver & Gold Mines, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk and Volatility

Avino Silver & Gold Mines has a beta of 1.97, suggesting that its stock price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lundin Mining has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Avino Silver & Gold Mines and Lundin Mining, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Avino Silver & Gold Mines	0	0	3	0	3.00
Lundin Mining	0	1	0	0	2.00

Avino Silver & Gold Mines currently has a consensus price target of $1.97, suggesting a potential upside of 57.33%. Given Avino Silver & Gold Mines’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Avino Silver & Gold Mines is more favorable than Lundin Mining.

Profitability

This table compares Avino Silver & Gold Mines and Lundin Mining’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Avino Silver & Gold Mines	6.57%	12.13%	10.16%
Lundin Mining	-5.15%	5.27%	3.05%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

3.1% of Avino Silver & Gold Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Lundin Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of Avino Silver & Gold Mines shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Lundin Mining shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Avino Silver & Gold Mines beats Lundin Mining on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Avino Silver & Gold Mines

Avino Silver & Gold Mines Ltd. engages in the mining and exploration activities. It focuses on silver reserves in the Durango region of North Central Mexico. It operates through the Silver, Gold, and Copper segments. The company was founded on May 15, 1968 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

About Lundin Mining

LUNDIN MINING CORPORATION is a rapidly growing, diversified base metals mining company with operations in Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Ireland. The Company currently has six mines in operation producing copper, nickel, lead and zinc. In addition, Lundin Mining holds a development project pipeline which includes the world class Tenke Fungurume copper cobalt project in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Ozernoe zinc project in Russia. The Company holds an extensive exploration portfolio and interests in international mining and exploration ventures.