ELBM vs. GURE, FMST, AUST, MGIH, ZKIN, CHNR, UAMY, AUMN, WWR, and FSI
Should you be buying Electra Battery Materials stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Electra Battery Materials include Gulf Resources (GURE), Foremost Lithium Resource & Technology (FMST), Austin Gold (AUST), Millennium Group International (MGIH), ZK International Group (ZKIN), China Natural Resources (CHNR), United States Antimony (UAMY), Golden Minerals (AUMN), Westwater Resources (WWR), and Flexible Solutions International (FSI). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Electra Battery Materials (NASDAQ:ELBM) and Gulf Resources (NASDAQ:GURE) 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 community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, risk and media sentiment.
Electra Battery Materials has a beta of 2.57, suggesting that its stock price is 157% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gulf Resources has a beta of 0.25, suggesting that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Gulf Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Electra Battery Materials. Gulf Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Electra Battery Materials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Gulf Resources had 3 more articles in the media than Electra Battery Materials. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Gulf Resources and 1 mentions for Electra Battery Materials. Gulf Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.16 beat Electra Battery Materials' score of 0.00 indicating that Gulf Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Electra Battery Materials currently has a consensus price target of $1.93, suggesting a potential upside of 326.92%. Given Electra Battery Materials' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Electra Battery Materials is more favorable than Gulf Resources.
Gulf Resources received 118 more outperform votes than Electra Battery Materials when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.24% of users gave Gulf Resources an outperform vote while only 57.14% of users gave Electra Battery Materials an outperform vote.
32.9% of Electra Battery Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.3% of Gulf Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.7% of Electra Battery Materials shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 22.8% of Gulf Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Electra Battery Materials has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Gulf Resources' net margin of -13.66%. Gulf Resources' return on equity of -2.14% beat Electra Battery Materials' return on equity.
Summary
Gulf Resources beats Electra Battery Materials on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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