Strategic Minerals (SML) Competitors

Jangada Mines (LON:JAN) and Strategic Minerals (LON:SML) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Do analysts recommend JAN or SML?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Jangada Mines	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Strategic Minerals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is JAN or SML more profitable?

Jangada Mines has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Jangada Mines' net margin of -0.26%. Jangada Mines' return on equity of -0.04% beat Strategic Minerals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Jangada Mines	N/A	-24.08%	-12.02%
Strategic Minerals	-0.26%	-0.04%	0.79%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor JAN or SML?

Strategic Minerals received 14 more outperform votes than Jangada Mines when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.97% of users gave Strategic Minerals an outperform vote while only 63.28% of users gave Jangada Mines an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Jangada Mines	Outperform Votes 81 63.28%	Underperform Votes 47 36.72%
Strategic Minerals	Outperform Votes 95 65.97%	Underperform Votes 49 34.03%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of JAN or SML?

0.0% of Jangada Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.0% of Strategic Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. 76.8% of Jangada Mines shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.5% of Strategic Minerals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, JAN or SML?

Jangada Mines has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Strategic Minerals has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, JAN or SML?

Strategic Minerals has higher revenue and earnings than Jangada Mines.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Jangada Mines	N/A	N/A	-£1.17M	N/A	N/A
Strategic Minerals	£1.90M	2.91	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to JAN or SML?

In the previous week, Strategic Minerals had 2 more articles in the media than Jangada Mines. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Strategic Minerals and 0 mentions for Jangada Mines. Jangada Mines' average media sentiment score of 0.01 beat Strategic Minerals' score of 0.00 indicating that Strategic Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Jangada Mines	Neutral
Strategic Minerals	Neutral

Summary

Strategic Minerals beats Jangada Mines on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.