CRTM vs. IRON, ARK, ALBA, THR, FCM, EUZ, CRTX, UMR, CHF, and RRR
Should you be buying Critical Metals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Critical Metals include Ironveld (IRON), Arkle Resources (ARK), Alba Mineral Resources (ALBA), Thor Energy (THR), First Class Metals (FCM), Europa Metals (EUZ), CRISM Therapeutics (CRTX), Unicorn Mineral Resources Public (UMR), Chesterfield Resources (CHF), and Red Rock Resources (RRR). These companies are all part of the "other industrial metals & mining" industry.
Critical Metals vs. Its Competitors
Critical Metals (LON:CRTM) and Ironveld (LON:IRON) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.
Ironveld received 82 more outperform votes than Critical Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Critical Metals an outperform vote while only 63.85% of users gave Ironveld an outperform vote.
3.0% of Critical Metals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.1% of Ironveld shares are held by institutional investors. 41.2% of Critical Metals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 68.5% of Ironveld shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Ironveld has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Critical Metals.
Critical Metals has a beta of 1.7, meaning that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ironveld has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Critical Metals had 1 more articles in the media than Ironveld. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Critical Metals and 0 mentions for Ironveld. Ironveld's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Critical Metals' score of -0.21 indicating that Ironveld is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ironveld has a net margin of -422.33% compared to Critical Metals' net margin of -5,636.57%. Ironveld's return on equity of -2.37% beat Critical Metals' return on equity.
Summary
Ironveld beats Critical Metals on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:CRTM) was last updated on 6/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff