Atalaya Mining (ATYM) Competitors

Atalaya Mining (LON:ATYM) and Taseko Mines (LON:TKO) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in ATYM or TKO?

54.0% of Atalaya Mining shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.8% of Taseko Mines shares are held by institutional investors. 31.4% of Atalaya Mining shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Taseko Mines shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ATYM or TKO?

Atalaya Mining received 446 more outperform votes than Taseko Mines when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Taseko Mines an outperform vote while only 79.44% of users gave Atalaya Mining an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Atalaya Mining	Outperform Votes 456 79.44%	Underperform Votes 118 20.56%
Taseko Mines	Outperform Votes 10 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Does the media refer more to ATYM or TKO?

In the previous week, Atalaya Mining and Atalaya Mining both had 1 articles in the media. Taseko Mines' average media sentiment score of 0.07 beat Atalaya Mining's score of 0.00 indicating that Taseko Mines is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Do analysts prefer ATYM or TKO?

Atalaya Mining currently has a consensus price target of GBX 500, suggesting a potential upside of 21.07%. Taseko Mines has a consensus price target of GBX 222.50, suggesting a potential upside of 50.34%. Given Taseko Mines' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Taseko Mines is more favorable than Atalaya Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Atalaya Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Taseko Mines	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, ATYM or TKO?

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
Atalaya Mining	£431.00M	1.63	£33.29M	£16.13	25.60
Taseko Mines	£1.18B	0.68	£148.77M	£15.43	9.59

Is ATYM or TKO 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
Atalaya Mining	7.72%	5.08%	2.82%
Taseko Mines	12.66%	16.33%	3.36%

Which has more risk & volatility, ATYM or TKO?

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

Summary

Taseko Mines beats Atalaya Mining on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.