Comparing H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB (publ) (OTCMKTS:HNNMY) & Capstone Mining (OTCMKTS:CSFFF)

H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB (publ) (OTCMKTS:HNNMY) and Capstone Mining (OTCMKTS:CSFFF) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

Profitability

This table compares H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB (publ) and Capstone Mining’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB (publ)	4.93%	25.89%	6.43%
Capstone Mining	5.18%	2.12%	1.16%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

0.0% of H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB (publ) shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.6% of Capstone Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB (publ) and Capstone Mining”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB (publ)	$22.18 billion	0.91	$1.10 billion	$0.14	20.43
Capstone Mining	$1.60 billion	0.00	-$101.67 million	$0.11	N/A

H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB (publ) has higher revenue and earnings than Capstone Mining. Capstone Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB (publ), indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB (publ) and Capstone Mining, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB (publ)	1	3	2	0	2.17
Capstone Mining	0	0	0	0	0.00

Given Capstone Mining’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Capstone Mining is more favorable than H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB (publ).

Summary

H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB (publ) beats Capstone Mining on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB (publ)

H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB (publ) provides clothing, accessories, footwear, cosmetics, home textiles, and homeware for women, men, and children worldwide. It offers sportswear, shoes, bags, beauty products, activewear, jeans, and ready-to-wear; and interior products, including bed linens, dinnerware, textiles, furniture, and lighting. The company provides its products under the H&M, H&M HOME, H&M Move, H&M Beauty, COS, Weekday, Monki, & Other Stories, ARKET, Afound, and Singular Society brand names. In addition, it operates Sellpy, a broad digital platform for second-hand fashion and other products; and Creator Studio, a global platform for merchandise design and production, as well as provides solutions to extend the useful life of unwanted garments through reuse and recycling under Looper Textile name. The company offers its products through online and physical stores. H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB (publ) was incorporated in 1943 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

About Capstone Mining

Capstone Mining Corp. engages in the exploration and production of base metals in the United States, Mexico, Canada, and Chile. The company explores for copper, molybdenum, silver, zinc, lead, iron, and gold deposits. It holds interests in the Pinto Valley, an open pit copper mine located in Arizona, the United States; and the Cozamin, a copper-silver underground mine located in the state of Zacatecas, Mexico. The company also owns a 100% interest in copper-iron-gold Santo Domingo development project in Region III, Chile. The company was formerly known as Capstone Gold Corp. and changed its name to Capstone Mining Corp. in February 2006. The company is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.