ASIX vs. ARMN, ODC, ZEUS, MERC, MTAL, MUX, PACK, CMP, VHI, and NFGC
Should you be buying AdvanSix stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AdvanSix include Aris Mining (ARMN), Oil-Dri Co. of America (ODC), Olympic Steel (ZEUS), Mercer International (MERC), Metals Acquisition (MTAL), McEwen Mining (MUX), Ranpak (PACK), Compass Minerals International (CMP), Valhi (VHI), and New Found Gold (NFGC). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
AdvanSix (NYSE:ASIX) and Aris Mining (NYSE:ARMN) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation and institutional ownership.
AdvanSix received 249 more outperform votes than Aris Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.53% of users gave AdvanSix an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Aris Mining an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Aris Mining had 3 more articles in the media than AdvanSix. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Aris Mining and 2 mentions for AdvanSix. AdvanSix's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Aris Mining's score of 0.39 indicating that AdvanSix is being referred to more favorably in the media.
AdvanSix presently has a consensus price target of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 73.91%. Given AdvanSix's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe AdvanSix is more favorable than Aris Mining.
Aris Mining has a net margin of 3.06% compared to AdvanSix's net margin of 0.15%. Aris Mining's return on equity of 7.64% beat AdvanSix's return on equity.
86.4% of AdvanSix shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.8% of Aris Mining shares are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of AdvanSix shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
AdvanSix has higher revenue and earnings than Aris Mining. Aris Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AdvanSix, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
AdvanSix beats Aris Mining on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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