Metals Exploration (MTL) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of MTL or AMRQ?

12.0% of Metals Exploration shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.1% of Amaroq Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. 65.0% of Metals Exploration shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.1% of Amaroq Minerals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, MTL or AMRQ?

Metals Exploration has a beta of 0.19, indicating that its stock price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amaroq Minerals has a beta of 0.2, indicating that its stock price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor MTL or AMRQ?

In the previous week, Metals Exploration had 1 more articles in the media than Amaroq Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Metals Exploration and 0 mentions for Amaroq Minerals. Metals Exploration's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Amaroq Minerals' score of 0.00 indicating that Metals Exploration is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Metals Exploration	Positive
Amaroq Minerals	Neutral

Do analysts prefer MTL or AMRQ?

Amaroq Minerals has a consensus price target of GBX 125, suggesting a potential upside of 47.58%. Given Amaroq Minerals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Amaroq Minerals is more favorable than Metals Exploration.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Metals Exploration	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Amaroq Minerals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has better valuation and earnings, MTL or AMRQ?

Metals Exploration has higher revenue and earnings than Amaroq Minerals. Amaroq Minerals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Metals Exploration, 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 Exploration	£260.56M	0.94	£218.27M	£5.32	1.43
Amaroq Minerals	N/A	N/A	-£71.64M	-£5.39	-15.72

Is MTL or AMRQ more profitable?

Metals Exploration has a net margin of 83.77% compared to Amaroq Minerals' net margin of 0.00%. Metals Exploration's return on equity of 86.94% beat Amaroq Minerals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Metals Exploration	83.77%	86.94%	3.75%
Amaroq Minerals	N/A	-28.56%	-9.95%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MTL or AMRQ?

Metals Exploration received 102 more outperform votes than Amaroq Minerals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Amaroq Minerals an outperform vote while only 86.89% of users gave Metals Exploration an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Metals Exploration	Outperform Votes 106 86.89%	Underperform Votes 16 13.11%
Amaroq Minerals	Outperform Votes 4 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Summary

Metals Exploration beats Amaroq Minerals on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.