GSM vs. CRML, LAAC, LAC, MTAL, TMC, HBM, MP, MTUS, MATV, and SLCA
Should you be buying Ferroglobe stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ferroglobe include Critical Metals (CRML), Lithium Americas (Argentina) (LAAC), Lithium Americas (LAC), Metals Acquisition (MTAL), TMC the metals (TMC), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), MP Materials (MP), Metallus (MTUS), Mativ (MATV), and U.S. Silica (SLCA). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Ferroglobe (NASDAQ:GSM) and Critical Metals (NASDAQ:CRML) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.
Ferroglobe has higher revenue and earnings than Critical Metals.
In the previous week, Ferroglobe and Ferroglobe both had 3 articles in the media. Ferroglobe's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Critical Metals' score of 0.45 indicating that Ferroglobe is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ferroglobe has a beta of 2.01, suggesting that its stock price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Critical Metals has a beta of 0.07, suggesting that its stock price is 93% less volatile than the S&P 500.
89.6% of Ferroglobe shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.4% of Critical Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.1% of Ferroglobe shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 65.7% of Critical Metals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Ferroglobe received 570 more outperform votes than Critical Metals when rated by MarketBeat users.
Ferroglobe has a net margin of 5.29% compared to Critical Metals' net margin of 0.00%. Ferroglobe's return on equity of 16.74% beat Critical Metals' return on equity.
Summary
Ferroglobe beats Critical Metals on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
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