Atalaya Mining (ATYM) Competitors

Taseko Mines (LON:TKO) and Atalaya Mining (LON:ATYM) 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 earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of TKO or ATYM?

15.9% of Taseko Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.9% of Atalaya Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Taseko Mines shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.4% of Atalaya Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, TKO or ATYM?

Taseko Mines has higher revenue and earnings than Atalaya Mining. Taseko Mines is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atalaya 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
Taseko Mines	£578.65M	1.69	£148.77M	-£10.00	-30.90
Atalaya Mining	£419.40M	2.17	£33.29M	£51.10	12.64

Do analysts prefer TKO or ATYM?

Taseko Mines presently has a consensus price target of GBX 307.50, suggesting a potential downside of 0.49%. Atalaya Mining has a consensus price target of GBX 588.33, suggesting a potential downside of 8.93%. Given Taseko Mines' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Taseko Mines is more favorable than Atalaya Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Taseko Mines	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Atalaya Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is TKO or ATYM more profitable?

Taseko Mines has a net margin of 12.66% compared to Atalaya Mining's net margin of 7.72%. Taseko Mines' return on equity of 16.33% beat Atalaya Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Taseko Mines	12.66%	16.33%	3.36%
Atalaya Mining	7.72%	5.08%	2.82%

Which has more risk and volatility, TKO or ATYM?

Taseko Mines has a beta of 1.92, suggesting that its share price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atalaya Mining has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor TKO or ATYM?

In the previous week, Atalaya Mining had 4 more articles in the media than Taseko Mines. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Atalaya Mining and 3 mentions for Taseko Mines. Atalaya Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Taseko Mines' score of 0.31 indicating that Atalaya Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Taseko Mines	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Atalaya Mining	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Atalaya Mining beats Taseko Mines on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.