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African Pioneer (AFP) Competitors

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AFP vs. BMV, LND, TGR, CLA, SML, BZT, BMN, VAST, CTL, and JAY

Should you be buying African Pioneer stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of African Pioneer include Bluebird Merchant Ventures (BMV), Landore Resources (LND), Tirupati Graphite (TGR), Celsius Resources (CLA), Strategic Minerals (SML), Bezant Resources (BZT), Bushveld Minerals (BMN), Vast Resources (VAST), CleanTech Lithium (CTL), and Bluejay Mining (JAY). These companies are all part of the "other industrial metals & mining" industry.

African Pioneer vs. Its Competitors

Bluebird Merchant Ventures (LON:BMV) and African Pioneer (LON:AFP) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

4.8% of Bluebird Merchant Ventures shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.0% of African Pioneer shares are owned by institutional investors. 40.4% of Bluebird Merchant Ventures shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 41.1% of African Pioneer shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Bluebird Merchant Ventures' average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat African Pioneer's score of 0.00 indicating that Bluebird Merchant Ventures is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Bluebird Merchant Ventures Neutral
African Pioneer Neutral

African Pioneer has higher revenue and earnings than Bluebird Merchant Ventures.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Bluebird Merchant VenturesN/AN/A-£1.49MN/AN/A
African Pioneer£34.91K65.71-£711.79K-£0.31-3.22

Bluebird Merchant Ventures has a net margin of 0.00% compared to African Pioneer's net margin of -2,039.11%. Bluebird Merchant Ventures' return on equity of -5.00% beat African Pioneer's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Bluebird Merchant VenturesN/A -5.00% -1.84%
African Pioneer -2,039.11%-16.21%-7.36%

Bluebird Merchant Ventures has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, African Pioneer has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Bluebird Merchant Ventures beats African Pioneer on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AFP and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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AFP vs. The Competition

MetricAfrican PioneerOther Industrial Metals & Mining IndustryMaterials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£2.29M£1.09B£3.26B£3.04B
Dividend YieldN/A6.19%5.16%5.02%
P/E Ratio-3.22112.27107.45167.03
Price / Sales65.7120,860.1929,967,650,242,450,400.00282,375.30
Price / Cash6.8824.7023.8927.97
Price / Book0.477.406.074.58
Net Income-£711.79K£71.98M£147.80M£5.90B
7 Day Performance-5.47%3.29%1.35%0.59%
1 Month Performance69.54%9.57%7.06%9.76%
1 Year Performance-59.10%41.02%27.82%70.76%

African Pioneer Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AFP
African Pioneer
N/AGBX 1
-8.9%
N/A-55.1%£2.29M£34.91K-3.225Gap Down
High Trading Volume
BMV
Bluebird Merchant Ventures
N/AGBX 1.31
-2.7%
N/A-11.1%£9.37MN/A215.009Gap Down
LND
Landore Resources
N/AGBX 2.82
+0.8%
N/A-41.6%£8.99MN/A-2.436
TGR
Tirupati Graphite
N/AN/AN/AN/A£8.67M£4.38M-2.4136,000Earnings Report
CLA
Celsius Resources
N/AGBX 0.33
flat
N/A-53.6%£8.35M£647.000.00N/A
SML
Strategic Minerals
N/AGBX 0.30
-4.5%
N/A+62.5%£7.47M£4.65M-0.6811Gap Down
BZT
Bezant Resources
N/AGBX 0.05
+4.7%
N/A+86.7%£7.15MN/A-858.785Trending News
Gap Down
BMN
Bushveld Minerals
N/AN/AN/AN/A£7.07M£107.92M-5.10758
VAST
Vast Resources
N/AGBX 0.35
+4.1%
N/A+228.6%£6.41M£3.58M-35.40350Gap Up
CTL
CleanTech Lithium
N/AGBX 6.50
+8.3%
N/A-71.4%£5.12MN/A-2.2720Gap Up
JAY
Bluejay Mining
N/AN/AN/AN/A£4.98M-£1.05K-12.5813Gap Up
High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:AFP) was last updated on 7/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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