Critical Metals (CRML) Competitors

Critical Metals (NASDAQ:CRML) and Avino Silver & Gold Mines (NYSE:ASM) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability and community ranking.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CRML or ASM?

Avino Silver & Gold Mines 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
Avino Silver & Gold Mines	$72.62M	7.13	$540K	$0.09	39.64

Which has more risk & volatility, CRML or ASM?

Critical Metals has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avino Silver & Gold Mines has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CRML or ASM more profitable?

Avino Silver & Gold Mines has a net margin of 6.57% compared to Critical Metals' net margin of 0.00%. Avino Silver & Gold Mines' return on equity of 12.13% beat Critical Metals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Critical Metals	N/A	N/A	N/A
Avino Silver & Gold Mines	6.57%	12.13%	10.16%

Do analysts rate CRML or ASM?

Avino Silver & Gold Mines has a consensus target price of $2.27, suggesting a potential downside of 36.47%. Given Avino Silver & Gold Mines' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Avino Silver & Gold Mines 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
Avino Silver & Gold Mines	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CRML or ASM?

Critical Metals and Avino Silver & Gold Mines both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Critical Metals	N/A	N/A
Avino Silver & Gold Mines	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor CRML or ASM?

In the previous week, Critical Metals had 3 more articles in the media than Avino Silver & Gold Mines. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Critical Metals and 8 mentions for Avino Silver & Gold Mines. Avino Silver & Gold Mines' average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Critical Metals' score of 0.28 indicating that Avino Silver & Gold Mines is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Critical Metals	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Avino Silver & Gold Mines	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CRML or ASM?

86.4% of Critical Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.1% of Avino Silver & Gold Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. 65.7% of Critical Metals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Avino Silver & Gold Mines shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Avino Silver & Gold Mines beats Critical Metals on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.