AFP vs. CRTM, SML, GLR, TGR, PXC, GROC, BMN, FRG, JAN, and IRON
Should you be buying African Pioneer stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of African Pioneer include Critical Metals (CRTM), Strategic Minerals (SML), Galileo Resources (GLR), Tirupati Graphite (TGR), Phoenix Copper (PXC), GreenRoc Mining (GROC), Bushveld Minerals (BMN), Firering Strategic Minerals (FRG), Jangada Mines (JAN), and Ironveld (IRON). These companies are all part of the "other industrial metals & mining" industry.
African Pioneer vs. Its Competitors
Critical Metals (LON:CRTM) and African Pioneer (LON:AFP) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.
0.2% of Critical Metals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.8% of African Pioneer shares are held by institutional investors. 9.6% of Critical Metals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.0% of African Pioneer shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
African Pioneer has a net margin of -2,039.11% compared to Critical Metals' net margin of -5,636.57%. African Pioneer's return on equity of -16.21% beat Critical Metals' return on equity.
Critical Metals has a beta of 1.7, indicating that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, African Pioneer has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Critical Metals had 13 more articles in the media than African Pioneer. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Critical Metals and 0 mentions for African Pioneer. Critical Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.04 beat African Pioneer's score of 0.00 indicating that Critical Metals is being referred to more favorably in the media.
African Pioneer has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Critical Metals. African Pioneer is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Critical Metals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
African Pioneer beats Critical Metals on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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.
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This page (LON:AFP) was last updated on 10/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
