Critical Metals (CRML) Competitors

Critical Metals (NASDAQ:CRML) and Sigma Lithium (NASDAQ:SGML) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and risk.

Is CRML or SGML more profitable?

Critical Metals has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Sigma Lithium's net margin of -36.85%. Critical Metals' return on equity of 0.00% beat Sigma Lithium's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Critical Metals	N/A	N/A	N/A
Sigma Lithium	-36.85%	-38.04%	-13.30%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CRML or SGML?

86.4% of Critical Metals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.9% of Sigma Lithium shares are held by institutional investors. 65.7% of Critical Metals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 48.6% of Sigma Lithium shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CRML or SGML?

Sigma Lithium received 18 more outperform votes than Critical Metals when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Critical Metals	N/A	N/A
Sigma Lithium	Outperform Votes 18 64.29%	Underperform Votes 10 35.71%

Do analysts rate CRML or SGML?

Sigma Lithium has a consensus price target of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 254.33%. Given Sigma Lithium's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Sigma Lithium is more favorable than Critical Metals.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Critical Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Sigma Lithium	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more volatility and risk, CRML or SGML?

Critical Metals has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sigma Lithium has a beta of 0.07, meaning that its stock price is 93% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CRML or SGML?

Sigma Lithium has higher revenue and earnings than Critical Metals.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Critical Metals	N/A	N/A	-$147.49M	N/A	N/A
Sigma Lithium	$155.92M	3.63	-$28.33M	-$0.37	-13.73

Does the media prefer CRML or SGML?

In the previous week, Critical Metals had 4 more articles in the media than Sigma Lithium. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Critical Metals and 2 mentions for Sigma Lithium. Sigma Lithium's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Critical Metals' score of 0.47 indicating that Sigma Lithium is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Critical Metals	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Sigma Lithium	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Critical Metals and Sigma Lithium tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.