CAML vs. ATYM, GRX, TKO, GGP, FORT, KMR, TET, PAF, SOLG, and GFM
Should you be buying Central Asia Metals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Central Asia Metals include Atalaya Mining (ATYM), GreenX Metals (GRX), Taseko Mines (TKO), Greatland Gold (GGP), Forterra (FORT), Kenmare Resources (KMR), Treatt (TET), Pan African Resources (PAF), SolGold (SOLG), and Griffin Mining (GFM). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Atalaya Mining (LON:ATYM) and Central Asia Metals (LON:CAML) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.
Atalaya Mining presently has a consensus target price of GBX 537.50, indicating a potential upside of 23.56%. Central Asia Metals has a consensus target price of GBX 235, indicating a potential upside of 5.62%. Given Central Asia Metals' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Atalaya Mining is more favorable than Central Asia Metals.
Central Asia Metals received 143 more outperform votes than Atalaya Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 84.35% of users gave Central Asia Metals an outperform vote while only 79.79% of users gave Atalaya Mining an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Atalaya Mining had 9 more articles in the media than Central Asia Metals. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Atalaya Mining and 0 mentions for Central Asia Metals. Atalaya Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Central Asia Metals' score of 0.30 indicating that Central Asia Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Atalaya Mining pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Central Asia Metals pays an annual dividend of GBX 18 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. Atalaya Mining pays out 3,043.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Central Asia Metals pays out 12,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
46.0% of Atalaya Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.0% of Central Asia Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.5% of Atalaya Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of Central Asia Metals shares are owned by company 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.
Atalaya Mining has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Central Asia Metals has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Central Asia Metals has a net margin of 19.11% compared to Central Asia Metals' net margin of 11.39%. Atalaya Mining's return on equity of 10.01% beat Central Asia Metals' return on equity.
Atalaya Mining has higher revenue and earnings than Central Asia Metals. Central Asia Metals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atalaya Mining, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Central Asia Metals beats Atalaya Mining on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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