Metals One (MET1) Competitors

Metals One (LON:MET1) and Ecora Resources (LON:ECOR) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Do analysts prefer MET1 or ECOR?

Ecora Resources has a consensus target price of GBX 137.50, suggesting a potential upside of 154.63%. Given Ecora Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ecora Resources is more favorable than Metals One.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Metals One	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Ecora Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is MET1 or ECOR more profitable?

Ecora Resources has a net margin of 30.67% compared to Metals One's net margin of 0.00%. Ecora Resources' return on equity of 6.36% beat Metals One's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Metals One	N/A	-5.77%	-112.94%
Ecora Resources	30.67%	6.36%	5.07%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MET1 or ECOR?

Ecora Resources received 405 more outperform votes than Metals One when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Metals One	N/A	N/A
Ecora Resources	Outperform Votes 405 78.03%	Underperform Votes 114 21.97%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in MET1 or ECOR?

15.0% of Metals One shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.6% of Ecora Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 64.6% of Metals One shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.9% of Ecora Resources shares are held by company 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 stronger valuation and earnings, MET1 or ECOR?

Ecora Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Metals One. Metals One is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ecora Resources, 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
Metals One	N/A	N/A	-£375.04K	-£0.13	-207.08
Ecora Resources	£94.02M	1.77	£28.84M	£7.58	7.13

Does the media prefer MET1 or ECOR?

In the previous week, Ecora Resources had 1 more articles in the media than Metals One. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Ecora Resources and 2 mentions for Metals One. Metals One's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Ecora Resources' score of 0.17 indicating that Metals One is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Metals One	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ecora Resources	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Ecora Resources beats Metals One on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.