ELBM vs. AUST, MGIH, GURE, FMST, ZKIN, AUMN, CHNR, WWR, FSI, and UAMY
Should you be buying Electra Battery Materials stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Electra Battery Materials include Austin Gold (AUST), Millennium Group International (MGIH), Gulf Resources (GURE), Foremost Lithium Resource & Technology (FMST), ZK International Group (ZKIN), Golden Minerals (AUMN), China Natural Resources (CHNR), Westwater Resources (WWR), Flexible Solutions International (FSI), and United States Antimony (UAMY). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Austin Gold (NYSE:AUST) and Electra Battery Materials (NASDAQ:ELBM) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
62.1% of Austin Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.9% of Electra Battery Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. 70.7% of Austin Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.7% of Electra Battery Materials shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Austin Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Electra Battery Materials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Austin Gold had 12 more articles in the media than Electra Battery Materials. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Austin Gold and 0 mentions for Electra Battery Materials. Austin Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Electra Battery Materials' score of 0.24 indicating that Electra Battery Materials is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Electra Battery Materials received 2 more outperform votes than Austin Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Austin Gold an outperform vote while only 57.14% of users gave Electra Battery Materials an outperform vote.
Austin Gold has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Electra Battery Materials has a beta of 2.69, indicating that its share price is 169% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Austin Gold presently has a consensus price target of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 154.24%. Electra Battery Materials has a consensus price target of $1.93, indicating a potential upside of 375.54%. Given Austin Gold's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Electra Battery Materials is more favorable than Austin Gold.
Austin Gold's return on equity of -7.87% beat Electra Battery Materials' return on equity.
Summary
Electra Battery Materials beats Austin Gold on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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