AltynGold (ALTN) Competitors

AltynGold (LON:ALTN) and Caledonia Mining (LON:CMCL) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Is ALTN or CMCL more profitable?

AltynGold has a net margin of 17.60% compared to Caledonia Mining's net margin of 5.55%. AltynGold's return on equity of 17.07% beat Caledonia Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AltynGold	17.60%	17.07%	10.74%
Caledonia Mining	5.55%	3.99%	8.52%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ALTN or CMCL?

Caledonia Mining received 201 more outperform votes than AltynGold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.88% of users gave Caledonia Mining an outperform vote while only 68.10% of users gave AltynGold an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AltynGold	Outperform Votes 143 68.10%	Underperform Votes 67 31.90%
Caledonia Mining	Outperform Votes 344 72.88%	Underperform Votes 128 27.12%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ALTN or CMCL?

5.3% of AltynGold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.7% of Caledonia Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 66.4% of AltynGold shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.0% of Caledonia Mining shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, ALTN or CMCL?

AltynGold has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Caledonia Mining. AltynGold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Caledonia Mining, 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
AltynGold	£76.37M	1.65	£13.44M	£35.00	11.11
Caledonia Mining	£221.34M	1.43	£12.28M	£39.66	32.78

Does the media refer more to ALTN or CMCL?

In the previous week, Caledonia Mining had 7 more articles in the media than AltynGold. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Caledonia Mining and 1 mentions for AltynGold. Caledonia Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat AltynGold's score of 0.05 indicating that Caledonia Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AltynGold	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Caledonia Mining	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, ALTN or CMCL?

AltynGold has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Caledonia Mining has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Caledonia Mining beats AltynGold on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.