VAST vs. AFP, LND, ACP, GROC, IRON, JAY, BMV, SML, JAN, and GWMO
Should you be buying Vast Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vast Resources include African Pioneer (AFP), Landore Resources (LND), Armadale Capital (ACP), GreenRoc Mining (GROC), Ironveld (IRON), Bluejay Mining (JAY), Bluebird Merchant Ventures (BMV), Strategic Minerals (SML), Jangada Mines (JAN), and Great Western Mining (GWMO). These companies are all part of the "other industrial metals & mining" industry.
Vast Resources (LON:VAST) and African Pioneer (LON:AFP) 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 profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and dividends.
In the previous week, Vast Resources had 3 more articles in the media than African Pioneer. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Vast Resources and 0 mentions for African Pioneer. Vast Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat African Pioneer's score of 0.00 indicating that Vast Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Vast Resources has a beta of 2.83, meaning that its stock price is 183% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, African Pioneer has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
African Pioneer has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Vast Resources.
22.1% of Vast Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.9% of African Pioneer shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.2% of Vast Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 59.5% of African Pioneer shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
African Pioneer has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Vast Resources' net margin of -278.08%. African Pioneer's return on equity of -11.25% beat Vast Resources' return on equity.
Vast Resources received 84 more outperform votes than African Pioneer when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
Vast Resources and African Pioneer tied by winning 6 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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