Allegheny Technologies (ATI) & Turquoise Hill Resources (IVN) Financial Contrast

Turquoise Hill Resources (NYSE: IVN) and Allegheny Technologies (NYSE:ATI) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Turquoise Hill Resources and Allegheny Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Turquoise Hill Resources	0	0	0	0	N/A
Allegheny Technologies	1	4	3	0	2.25

Allegheny Technologies has a consensus price target of $19.65, indicating a potential upside of 9.84%. Given Allegheny Technologies’ higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Allegheny Technologies is more favorable than Turquoise Hill Resources.

Dividends

Allegheny Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Turquoise Hill Resources does not pay a dividend. Allegheny Technologies pays out -1.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Turquoise Hill Resources and Allegheny Technologies’ gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	EBITDA	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Turquoise Hill Resources	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Allegheny Technologies	$3.31 billion	0.59	$295.80 million	($4.61)	-3.88

Allegheny Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Turquoise Hill Resources.

Profitability

This table compares Turquoise Hill Resources and Allegheny Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Turquoise Hill Resources	-0.19%	1.09%	-0.01%
Allegheny Technologies	-14.89%	0.08%	0.02%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

96.6% of Allegheny Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Allegheny Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Allegheny Technologies beats Turquoise Hill Resources on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Turquoise Hill Resources

Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. is an international mining company. The Company focuses on the operation and further development of the Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine in Southern Mongolia, which is the Company’s principal material mineral resource property. The Company’s Oyu Tolgoi mine is held through approximately 65% interest in Oyu Tolgoi LLC (Oyu Tolgoi) and the remaining approximately 35% interest is held by Erdenes Oyu Tolgoi LLC (Erdenes). The Company’s Oyu Tolgoi mine is located approximately 550 kilometers south of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia’s capital city, and 80 kilometers north of the Mongolia-China border. The Company’s Mineralization on the property consists of porphyry-style copper, gold, silver and molybdenum contained in a linear structural trend (the Oyu Tolgoi Trend) of deposits throughout this trend. They include, from south to north, the Heruga Deposit, the Oyut deposit and the Hugo Dummett deposits (Hugo South, Hugo North and Hugo North Extension).

About Allegheny Technologies

Allegheny Technologies Incorporated is a manufacturer of specialty materials and complex components. The Company operates through two business segments: High Performance Materials & Components (HPMC), and Flat Rolled Products (FRP). The HPMC segment produces, converts and distributes a range of materials, including titanium and titanium-based alloys, nickel- and cobalt-based alloys and superalloys, zirconium and related alloys, including hafnium and niobium, advanced powder alloys and other specialty materials, in long product forms, such as ingot, billet, bar, rod, wire, shapes and rectangles, and seamless tubes, plus precision forgings, castings, components and machined parts. The FRP segment produces, converts and distributes stainless steel, nickel-based alloys, specialty alloys, and titanium and titanium-based alloys, in a range of product forms, including plate, sheet, engineered strip, and Precision Rolled Strip products.