Premier African Minerals (PREM) Competitors

Andrada Mining (LON:ATM) and Premier African Minerals (LON:PREM) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.

Is ATM or PREM more profitable?

Premier African Minerals has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Andrada Mining's net margin of -44.64%. Andrada Mining's return on equity of -28.67% beat Premier African Minerals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Andrada Mining	-44.64%	-28.67%	-8.95%
Premier African Minerals	N/A	-75.10%	-17.62%

Does the media refer more to ATM or PREM?

In the previous week, Premier African Minerals had 2 more articles in the media than Andrada Mining. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Premier African Minerals and 1 mentions for Andrada Mining. Premier African Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Andrada Mining's score of 0.30 indicating that Premier African Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Andrada Mining	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Premier African Minerals	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals believe in ATM or PREM?

33.5% of Andrada Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.0% of Andrada Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.6% of Premier African Minerals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings and valuation, ATM or PREM?

Andrada Mining has higher revenue and earnings than Premier African Minerals. Andrada Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Premier African Minerals, 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
Andrada Mining	£20.54M	2.36	-£9.17M	-£0.60	-5.07
Premier African Minerals	N/A	N/A	-£41.89M	-£0.06	-0.46

Do analysts rate ATM or PREM?

Andrada Mining presently has a consensus price target of GBX 11, indicating a potential upside of 259.48%. Given Andrada Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Andrada Mining is more favorable than Premier African Minerals.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Andrada Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Premier African Minerals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more volatility & risk, ATM or PREM?

Andrada Mining has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Premier African Minerals has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Andrada Mining beats Premier African Minerals on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.