Treasury Metals (TSE:TML) and Rusoro Mining (CVE:RML) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.
Profitability
This table compares Treasury Metals and Rusoro Mining's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets |
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Treasury Metals | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Rusoro Mining | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings for Treasury Metals and Rusoro Mining, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score |
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Treasury Metals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
Rusoro Mining | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Treasury Metals presently has a consensus price target of C$2.00, indicating a potential upside of 122.22%. Given Treasury Metals' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Treasury Metals is more favorable than Rusoro Mining.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Treasury Metals and Rusoro Mining's revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio |
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Treasury Metals | C$-73.00 | -1,387,380.82 | C$-3,938,620.00 | C($0.04) | -25.71 |
Rusoro Mining | N/A | N/A | N/A | C($0.04) | -1.67 |
Rusoro Mining has higher revenue and earnings than Treasury Metals. Treasury Metals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rusoro Mining, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Treasury Metals beats Rusoro Mining on 3 of the 5 factors compared between the two stocks.