African Pioneer (AFP) Competitors

GreenRoc Mining (LON:GROC) and African Pioneer (LON:AFP) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, profitability, risk, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.

Is GROC or AFP more profitable?

GreenRoc Mining has a net margin of 0.00% compared to African Pioneer's net margin of -2,039.11%. GreenRoc Mining's return on equity of -14.40% beat African Pioneer's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GreenRoc Mining	N/A	-14.40%	-5.36%
African Pioneer	-2,039.11%	-16.21%	-7.36%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, GROC or AFP?

African Pioneer has higher revenue and earnings than GreenRoc Mining. GreenRoc Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than African Pioneer, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
GreenRoc Mining	N/A	N/A	-£1.48M	-£0.77	-3.55
African Pioneer	£34.91K	45.90	-£711.79K	-£0.31	-2.25

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GROC or AFP?

GreenRoc Mining and African Pioneer both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
GreenRoc Mining	N/A	N/A
African Pioneer	N/A	N/A

Does the media prefer GROC or AFP?

In the previous week, GreenRoc Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled African Pioneer'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
GreenRoc Mining	Neutral
African Pioneer	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, GROC or AFP?

GreenRoc Mining has a beta of -0.33, indicating that its stock price is 133% less 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.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in GROC or AFP?

3.0% of African Pioneer shares are owned by institutional investors. 47.9% of GreenRoc Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 41.1% of African Pioneer shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

African Pioneer beats GreenRoc Mining on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.