Metals Exploration (MTL) Competitors

Hochschild Mining (LON:HOC) and Metals Exploration (LON:MTL) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of HOC or MTL?

48.0% of Hochschild Mining shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.0% of Metals Exploration shares are held by institutional investors. 38.7% of Hochschild Mining shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 65.0% of Metals Exploration 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.

Which has better valuation and earnings, HOC or MTL?

Metals Exploration has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hochschild Mining. Metals Exploration is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hochschild 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
Hochschild Mining	£1.01B	1.74	£38.41M	£4.69	57.98
Metals Exploration	£260.56M	1.59	£218.27M	£5.32	2.41

Is HOC or MTL more profitable?

Metals Exploration has a net margin of 83.77% compared to Hochschild Mining's net margin of 3.79%. Metals Exploration's return on equity of 86.94% beat Hochschild Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hochschild Mining	3.79%	4.90%	7.11%
Metals Exploration	83.77%	86.94%	3.75%

Which has more risk & volatility, HOC or MTL?

Hochschild Mining has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Metals Exploration has a beta of 0.19, indicating that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor HOC or MTL?

In the previous week, Hochschild Mining had 2 more articles in the media than Metals Exploration. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Hochschild Mining and 1 mentions for Metals Exploration. Metals Exploration's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Hochschild Mining's score of 0.07 indicating that Metals Exploration is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hochschild Mining	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Metals Exploration	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend HOC or MTL?

Hochschild Mining presently has a consensus price target of GBX 324, indicating a potential upside of 19.21%. Given Hochschild Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Hochschild Mining is more favorable than Metals Exploration.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hochschild Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Metals Exploration	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Hochschild Mining beats Metals Exploration on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.