Head to Head Review: Harmony Gold Mining (NYSE:HMY) and Pelangio Exploration (OTCMKTS:PGXPF)

Harmony Gold Mining (NYSE:HMY) and Pelangio Exploration (OTCMKTS:PGXPF) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Harmony Gold Mining and Pelangio Exploration, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Harmony Gold Mining	0	3	2	1	2.67
Pelangio Exploration	0	0	0	0	0.00

Harmony Gold Mining currently has a consensus price target of $16.00, indicating a potential downside of 31.86%. Given Harmony Gold Mining’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Harmony Gold Mining is more favorable than Pelangio Exploration.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

31.8% of Harmony Gold Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.0% of Harmony Gold Mining shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Harmony Gold Mining and Pelangio Exploration’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Harmony Gold Mining	N/A	N/A	N/A
Pelangio Exploration	N/A	-778.64%	-87.35%

Volatility and Risk

Harmony Gold Mining has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pelangio Exploration has a beta of 0.01, indicating that its share price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Harmony Gold Mining and Pelangio Exploration”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Harmony Gold Mining	$4.07 billion	3.67	$792.56 million	N/A	N/A
Pelangio Exploration	N/A	N/A	-$550,000.00	N/A	N/A

Harmony Gold Mining has higher revenue and earnings than Pelangio Exploration.

Summary

Harmony Gold Mining beats Pelangio Exploration on 11 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Harmony Gold Mining

Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited engages in the exploration, extraction, and processing of gold. The company explores for uranium, silver, copper, and molybdenum deposits. It has eight underground operations in the Witwatersrand Basin; an open-pit mine on the Kraaipan Greenstone Belt; and various surface source operations in South Africa. In addition, the company owns interests in the Hidden Valley, an open-pit gold and silver mine; and the Wafi-Golpu project located in Morobe Province in Papua New Guinea. Further, it holds interest in Rosby and Eva Copper Project located in Queensland, Australia. Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited was incorporated in 1950 and is headquartered in Randfontein, South Africa.

About Pelangio Exploration

Pelangio Exploration Inc., a mineral exploration company, engages in acquiring, exploring, and developing mineral properties. It holds interests in various gold properties in Ghana and Canada. The company was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.