Caledonia Mining (CMCL) Competitors

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

Is ACA or CMCL more profitable?

Caledonia Mining has a net margin of 5.55% compared to Acacia Mining's net margin of 0.00%. Caledonia Mining's return on equity of 3.99% beat Acacia Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Acacia Mining	N/A	N/A	N/A
Caledonia Mining	5.55%	3.99%	8.52%

Does the media prefer ACA or CMCL?

In the previous week, Caledonia Mining had 10 more articles in the media than Acacia Mining. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Caledonia Mining and 0 mentions for Acacia Mining. Caledonia Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Acacia Mining's score of 0.00 indicating that Caledonia Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Acacia Mining	Neutral
Caledonia Mining	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ACA or CMCL?

Acacia Mining received 651 more outperform votes than Caledonia Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.21% of users gave Acacia Mining an outperform vote while only 72.88% of users gave Caledonia Mining an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Acacia Mining	Outperform Votes 995 75.21%	Underperform Votes 328 24.79%
Caledonia Mining	Outperform Votes 344 72.88%	Underperform Votes 128 27.12%

Which has better valuation and earnings, ACA or CMCL?

Caledonia Mining has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Acacia Mining. Acacia Mining 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
Acacia Mining	£645.41M	0.00	N/A	£0.50	N/A
Caledonia Mining	£221.34M	1.43	£12.28M	£39.66	32.63

Do insiders and institutionals believe in ACA or CMCL?

45.7% of Caledonia Mining shares are held by institutional investors. 15.0% of Caledonia Mining 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.

Summary

Caledonia Mining beats Acacia Mining on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.