Tertiary Minerals (TYM) Competitors

Vast Resources (LON:VAST) and Tertiary Minerals (LON:TYM) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and valuation.

Is VAST or TYM more profitable?

Vast Resources has a net margin of -278.08% compared to Tertiary Minerals' net margin of -305.12%. Tertiary Minerals' return on equity of -61.49% beat Vast Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vast Resources	-278.08%	-339.02%	-24.18%
Tertiary Minerals	-305.12%	-61.49%	-34.97%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer VAST or TYM?

Tertiary Minerals received 16 more outperform votes than Vast Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.62% of users gave Vast Resources an outperform vote while only 47.85% of users gave Tertiary Minerals an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Vast Resources	Outperform Votes 84 64.62%	Underperform Votes 46 35.38%
Tertiary Minerals	Outperform Votes 100 47.85%	Underperform Votes 109 52.15%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, VAST or TYM?

Tertiary Minerals has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Vast Resources. Vast Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tertiary 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
Vast Resources	£3.58M	1.99	-£9.95M	-£0.01	-39.40
Tertiary Minerals	£310.43K	5.90	-£947.19K	-£0.03	-1.95

Does the media favor VAST or TYM?

In the previous week, Vast Resources and Vast Resources both had 1 articles in the media. Tertiary Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Vast Resources' score of -0.21 indicating that Tertiary Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Vast Resources	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Tertiary Minerals	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, VAST or TYM?

Vast Resources has a beta of 2.56, suggesting that its share price is 156% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tertiary Minerals has a beta of -0.5, suggesting that its share price is 150% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in VAST or TYM?

11.7% of Vast Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.8% of Tertiary Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. 54.1% of Vast Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 47.7% of Tertiary Minerals shares are held by 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.

Summary

Vast Resources beats Tertiary Minerals on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.