Harte Gold (TSE:HRT) and ATAC Resources (CVE:ATC) 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 institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Harte Gold and ATAC Resources, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score |
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Harte Gold | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
ATAC Resources | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Harte Gold presently has a consensus target price of C$0.30, suggesting a potential upside of 93.55%. Given Harte Gold's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Harte Gold is more favorable than ATAC Resources.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Harte Gold and ATAC Resources' top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio |
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Harte Gold | C$53.50 million | 3.01 | C$-50,953,483.00 | C($0.05) | -3.16 |
ATAC Resources | N/A | N/A | N/A | C($0.64) | -0.27 |
ATAC Resources has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Harte Gold. Harte Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ATAC Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Harte Gold and ATAC Resources' net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets |
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Harte Gold | N/A | N/A | N/A |
ATAC Resources | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Summary
Harte Gold beats ATAC Resources on 4 of the 5 factors compared between the two stocks.