Xtract Resources (XTR) Competitors

Xtract Resources (LON:XTR) and Ariana Resources (LON:AAU) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in XTR or AAU?

Ariana Resources received 107 more outperform votes than Xtract Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.41% of users gave Xtract Resources an outperform vote while only 53.04% of users gave Ariana Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Xtract Resources	Outperform Votes 111 54.41%	Underperform Votes 93 45.59%
Ariana Resources	Outperform Votes 218 53.04%	Underperform Votes 193 46.96%

Does the media prefer XTR or AAU?

In the previous week, Xtract Resources had 1 more articles in the media than Ariana Resources. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Xtract Resources and 1 mentions for Ariana Resources. Ariana Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Xtract Resources' score of 0.00 indicating that Ariana Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Xtract Resources	Neutral
Ariana Resources	Positive

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, XTR or AAU?

Xtract Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ariana Resources, 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
Xtract Resources	N/A	N/A	-£114.43K	-£0.02	-52.27
Ariana Resources	N/A	N/A	£537.40	£0.00	37,962.96

Which has more volatility and risk, XTR or AAU?

Xtract Resources has a beta of 0.06, suggesting that its stock price is 94% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ariana Resources has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is XTR or AAU more profitable?

Ariana Resources' return on equity of 0.00% beat Xtract Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Xtract Resources	N/A	-0.81%	-4.83%
Ariana Resources	N/A	0.00%	-5.54%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in XTR or AAU?

24.1% of Xtract Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 77.9% of Xtract Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 43.7% of Ariana Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Ariana Resources beats Xtract Resources on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.