Atico Mining (CVE:ATY) and Kintavar Exploration (CVE:KTR) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and risk.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Atico Mining and Kintavar Exploration, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score |
|---|
| Atico Mining | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Kintavar Exploration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Atico Mining presently has a consensus price target of C$1.10, suggesting a potential upside of 80.33%. Given Atico Mining's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Atico Mining is more favorable than Kintavar Exploration.
Profitability
This table compares Atico Mining and Kintavar Exploration's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets |
|---|
| Atico Mining | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Kintavar Exploration | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Atico Mining and Kintavar Exploration's top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio |
|---|
| Atico Mining | C$58.27 million | 1.25 | C$6.90 million | C$0.06 | 10.52 |
| Kintavar Exploration | C$1.07 million | 10.39 | C$-2,966,012.00 | C($0.03) | -3.75 |
Atico Mining has higher revenue and earnings than Kintavar Exploration. Kintavar Exploration is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atico Mining, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Atico Mining beats Kintavar Exploration on 6 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.
