SolGold (SOLG) Competitors

Adriatic Metals (LON:ADT1) and SolGold (LON:SOLG) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.

Is ADT1 or SOLG more profitable?

SolGold's return on equity of -23.24% beat Adriatic Metals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Adriatic Metals	N/A	-36.22%	-6.80%
SolGold	N/A	-23.24%	-2.94%

Which has more risk and volatility, ADT1 or SOLG?

Adriatic Metals has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SolGold has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ADT1 or SOLG?

31.2% of Adriatic Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.7% of SolGold shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.4% of Adriatic Metals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 52.8% of SolGold shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ADT1 or SOLG?

SolGold received 225 more outperform votes than Adriatic Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 85.71% of users gave Adriatic Metals an outperform vote while only 79.15% of users gave SolGold an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Adriatic Metals	Outperform Votes 18 85.71%	Underperform Votes 3 14.29%
SolGold	Outperform Votes 243 79.15%	Underperform Votes 64 20.85%

Do analysts prefer ADT1 or SOLG?

Adriatic Metals currently has a consensus target price of GBX 180, suggesting a potential downside of 17.43%. Given Adriatic Metals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Adriatic Metals is more favorable than SolGold.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Adriatic Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
SolGold	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, ADT1 or SOLG?

Adriatic Metals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SolGold, 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
Adriatic Metals	N/A	N/A	-£68.31M	-£13.26	-16.44
SolGold	N/A	N/A	-£76.59M	-£1.63	-4.20

Does the media prefer ADT1 or SOLG?

In the previous week, Adriatic Metals and Adriatic Metals both had 2 articles in the media. Adriatic Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat SolGold's score of 0.98 indicating that Adriatic Metals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Adriatic Metals	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
SolGold	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

SolGold beats Adriatic Metals on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.