Bushveld Minerals (BMN) Competitors

Bushveld Minerals (LON:BMN) and First Tin (LON:1SN) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, BMN or 1SN?

First Tin has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bushveld Minerals. First Tin is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bushveld Minerals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bushveld Minerals	£150.67M	0.11	-£49.71M	-£0.03	-23.33
First Tin	N/A	N/A	-£2.26M	-£0.01	-635.00

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in BMN or 1SN?

20.5% of Bushveld Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.0% of First Tin shares are held by institutional investors. 52.6% of Bushveld Minerals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 60.7% of First Tin shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer BMN or 1SN?

In the previous week, First Tin had 3 more articles in the media than Bushveld Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for First Tin and 1 mentions for Bushveld Minerals. First Tin's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Bushveld Minerals' score of 0.67 indicating that First Tin is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bushveld Minerals	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
First Tin	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate BMN or 1SN?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bushveld Minerals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
First Tin	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more risk & volatility, BMN or 1SN?

Bushveld Minerals has a beta of 1.7, meaning that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Tin has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BMN or 1SN?

Bushveld Minerals received 445 more outperform votes than First Tin when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bushveld Minerals	Outperform Votes 445 77.53%	Underperform Votes 129 22.47%
First Tin	N/A	N/A

Is BMN or 1SN more profitable?

First Tin has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Bushveld Minerals' net margin of -32.99%. First Tin's return on equity of -5.59% beat Bushveld Minerals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bushveld Minerals	-32.99%	-42.11%	1.67%
First Tin	N/A	-5.59%	-3.50%

Summary

First Tin beats Bushveld Minerals on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.