AFP vs. SML, CLA, BRES, PYX, FRG, BMN, CTL, TUN, GROC, and KDNC
Should you be buying African Pioneer stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of African Pioneer include Strategic Minerals (SML), Celsius Resources (CLA), Blencowe Resources (BRES), PYX Resources (PYX), Firering Strategic Minerals (FRG), Bushveld Minerals (BMN), CleanTech Lithium (CTL), Tungsten West (TUN), GreenRoc Mining (GROC), and Cadence Minerals (KDNC). These companies are all part of the "other industrial metals & mining" industry.
African Pioneer vs.
African Pioneer (LON:AFP) and Strategic Minerals (LON:SML) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, community ranking and profitability.
In the previous week, African Pioneer had 1 more articles in the media than Strategic Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for African Pioneer and 0 mentions for Strategic Minerals. Strategic Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat African Pioneer's score of -0.95 indicating that Strategic Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
3.0% of African Pioneer shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of Strategic Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.1% of African Pioneer shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.8% of Strategic Minerals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
African Pioneer has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Strategic Minerals. African Pioneer is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Strategic Minerals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Strategic Minerals has a net margin of -293.94% compared to African Pioneer's net margin of -2,039.11%. African Pioneer's return on equity of -16.21% beat Strategic Minerals' return on equity.
African Pioneer has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Strategic Minerals has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Strategic Minerals received 95 more outperform votes than African Pioneer when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
African Pioneer beats Strategic Minerals on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get African Pioneer News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for AFP and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
African Pioneer Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
This page (LON:AFP) was last updated on 5/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
Buy AFP Stock Free AFP Stock Alerts