Atico Mining (CVE:ATY) and Purepoint Uranium Group (CVE:PTU) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Atico Mining and Purepoint Uranium Group, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score |
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Atico Mining | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
Purepoint Uranium Group | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Atico Mining presently has a consensus target price of C$1.10, indicating a potential upside of 92.98%. Given Atico Mining's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Atico Mining is more favorable than Purepoint Uranium Group.
Profitability
This table compares Atico Mining and Purepoint Uranium Group's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets |
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Atico Mining | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Purepoint Uranium Group | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Atico Mining and Purepoint Uranium Group's revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio |
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Atico Mining | C$58.27 million | 1.16 | C$5.48 million | C$0.05 | 12.39 |
Purepoint Uranium Group | N/A | N/A | N/A | C($0.01) | -20.00 |
Atico Mining has higher revenue and earnings than Purepoint Uranium Group. Purepoint Uranium Group 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 Purepoint Uranium Group on 5 of the 5 factors compared between the two stocks.