Pan African Resources (PAF) Competitors

Resolute Mining (LON:RSG) and Pan African Resources (LON:PAF) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, dividends and profitability.

Which has more risk & volatility, RSG or PAF?

Resolute Mining has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pan African Resources has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer RSG or PAF?

Resolute Mining currently has a consensus target price of GBX 27, indicating a potential upside of 18.42%. Pan African Resources has a consensus target price of GBX 25, indicating a potential upside of 2.88%. Given Pan African Resources' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Resolute Mining is more favorable than Pan African Resources.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Resolute Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Pan African Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is RSG or PAF more profitable?

Pan African Resources has a net margin of 20.79% compared to Pan African Resources' net margin of 10.39%. Resolute Mining's return on equity of 23.96% beat Pan African Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Resolute Mining	10.39%	18.06%	6.10%
Pan African Resources	20.79%	23.96%	14.56%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RSG or PAF?

Pan African Resources received 352 more outperform votes than Resolute Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 89.09% of users gave Resolute Mining an outperform vote while only 76.24% of users gave Pan African Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Resolute Mining	Outperform Votes 49 89.09%	Underperform Votes 6 10.91%
Pan African Resources	Outperform Votes 401 76.24%	Underperform Votes 125 23.76%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, RSG or PAF?

Pan African Resources has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Resolute Mining. Pan African Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Resolute 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
Resolute Mining	£631.07M	0.77	£65.58M	£0.02	1,140.00
Pan African Resources	£359.06M	1.30	£74.65M	£0.03	810.00

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of RSG or PAF?

65.3% of Resolute Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.1% of Pan African Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of Resolute Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.6% of Pan African Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to RSG or PAF?

In the previous week, Pan African Resources had 1 more articles in the media than Resolute Mining. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Pan African Resources and 1 mentions for Resolute Mining. Pan African Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Resolute Mining's score of 0.69 indicating that Resolute Mining is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Resolute Mining	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Pan African Resources	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Pan African Resources beats Resolute Mining on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.