Mesabi Trust (MSB) and Its Peers Head to Head Analysis
by Sarita Garza · The Markets DailyMesabi Trust (NYSE:MSB – Get Free Report) is one of 1,987 public companies in the “Metals & Mining” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Mesabi Trust to similar businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, dividends, risk and earnings.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
15.8% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Mesabi Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.7% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Risk & Volatility
Mesabi Trust has a beta of 0.34, indicating that its share price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mesabi Trust’s competitors have a beta of 1.02, indicating that their average share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Mesabi Trust and its competitors revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Mesabi Trust | $17.52 million | $13.87 million | 41.00 |
| Mesabi Trust Competitors | $5.16 billion | $278.45 million | -28.98 |
Mesabi Trust’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Mesabi Trust. Mesabi Trust 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 summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Mesabi Trust and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Mesabi Trust | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Mesabi Trust Competitors | 6328 | 22461 | 32084 | 1767 | 2.47 |
As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies have a potential upside of 16.67%. Given Mesabi Trust’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Mesabi Trust has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.
Profitability
This table compares Mesabi Trust and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Mesabi Trust | 54.46% | 33.50% | 28.16% |
| Mesabi Trust Competitors | -1,161,736,352,322,426,800.00% | -10.89% | -2.11% |
Dividends
Mesabi Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Mesabi Trust pays out 40.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies pay a dividend yield of 9.5% and pay out 10.8% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Mesabi Trust lags its competitors as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.
Summary
Mesabi Trust competitors beat Mesabi Trust on 11 of the 15 factors compared.
About Mesabi Trust
Mesabi Trust, a royalty trust, engages in iron ore mining business in the United States. Mesabi Trust was founded in 1961 and is based in New York, New York.