AUMN vs. CHNR, AUST, SNES, RKDA, FMST, ITP, ELBM, GURE, MGIH, and ZKIN
Should you be buying Golden Minerals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Golden Minerals include China Natural Resources (CHNR), Austin Gold (AUST), SenesTech (SNES), Arcadia Biosciences (RKDA), Foremost Lithium Resource & Technology (FMST), IT Tech Packaging (ITP), Electra Battery Materials (ELBM), Gulf Resources (GURE), Millennium Group International (MGIH), and ZK International Group (ZKIN). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
China Natural Resources (NASDAQ:CHNR) and Golden Minerals (NYSE:AUMN) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.
China Natural Resources has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Golden Minerals.
Golden Minerals has a consensus target price of $7.23, suggesting a potential upside of 1,382.47%. Given China Natural Resources' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Golden Minerals is more favorable than China Natural Resources.
In the previous week, China Natural Resources had 1 more articles in the media than Golden Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for China Natural Resources and 2 mentions for Golden Minerals. Golden Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat China Natural Resources' score of -0.23 indicating that China Natural Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
China Natural Resources has a net margin of 0.00% compared to China Natural Resources' net margin of -77.16%. Golden Minerals' return on equity of 0.00% beat China Natural Resources' return on equity.
0.0% of China Natural Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.4% of Golden Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. 23.2% of China Natural Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of Golden Minerals shares are held by 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.
China Natural Resources received 85 more outperform votes than Golden Minerals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 34.54% of users gave China Natural Resources an outperform vote while only 4.35% of users gave Golden Minerals an outperform vote.
China Natural Resources has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Golden Minerals has a beta of 0.34, meaning that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
China Natural Resources beats Golden Minerals on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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