SML vs. TUN, GSP, 1SN, ARCM, CMET, POW, RMR, ARV, BMV, and BRES
Should you be buying Strategic Minerals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Strategic Minerals include Tungsten West (TUN), Gensource Potash (GSP), First Tin (1SN), Arc Minerals (ARCM), Capital Metals (CMET), Power Metal Resources (POW), Rome Resources (RMR), Artemis Resources (ARV), Bluebird Merchant Ventures (BMV), and Blencowe Resources (BRES). These companies are all part of the "other industrial metals & mining" industry.
Strategic Minerals vs. Its Competitors
Strategic Minerals (LON:SML) and Tungsten West (LON:TUN) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.
0.0% of Strategic Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.7% of Tungsten West shares are held by institutional investors. 19.8% of Strategic Minerals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.6% of Tungsten West shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Strategic Minerals had 1 more articles in the media than Tungsten West. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Strategic Minerals and 0 mentions for Tungsten West. Tungsten West's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Strategic Minerals' score of -0.64 indicating that Tungsten West is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Strategic Minerals has a net margin of -293.94% compared to Tungsten West's net margin of -1,343.41%. Tungsten West's return on equity of -44.58% beat Strategic Minerals' return on equity.
Strategic Minerals has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tungsten West has a beta of -0.6, meaning that its stock price is 160% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Tungsten West has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Strategic Minerals. Tungsten West is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Strategic Minerals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Strategic Minerals beats Tungsten West on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:SML) was last updated on 7/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
