AREC vs. TRX, VOXR, BLGO, AMLI, PLG, ASM, NMG, DNMR, GAMC, and ASPI
Should you be buying American Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Resources include TRX Gold (TRX), Vox Royalty (VOXR), BioLargo (BLGO), American Lithium (AMLI), Platinum Group Metals (PLG), Avino Silver & Gold Mines (ASM), Nouveau Monde Graphite (NMG), Danimer Scientific (DNMR), Golden Arrow Merger (GAMC), and ASP Isotopes (ASPI). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
American Resources (NASDAQ:AREC) and TRX Gold (NYSE:TRX) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, earnings, community ranking, valuation and media sentiment.
American Resources has a beta of 0.41, meaning that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TRX Gold has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
TRX Gold has higher revenue and earnings than American Resources. American Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TRX Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
9.3% of American Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.1% of TRX Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.8% of American Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of TRX Gold shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
TRX Gold has a net margin of 0.70% compared to American Resources' net margin of -66.89%. TRX Gold's return on equity of -1.66% beat American Resources' return on equity.
In the previous week, American Resources had 1 more articles in the media than TRX Gold. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for American Resources and 2 mentions for TRX Gold. TRX Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat American Resources' score of 0.40 indicating that TRX Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
American Resources presently has a consensus price target of $3.25, suggesting a potential upside of 146.21%. TRX Gold has a consensus price target of $1.58, suggesting a potential upside of 257.06%. Given TRX Gold's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe TRX Gold is more favorable than American Resources.
American Resources received 43 more outperform votes than TRX Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.31% of users gave American Resources an outperform vote while only 4.26% of users gave TRX Gold an outperform vote.
Summary
TRX Gold beats American Resources on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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