5E Advanced Materials (FEAM) Competitors

5E Advanced Materials (NASDAQ:FEAM) and Avino Silver & Gold Mines (NYSE:ASM) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts recommend FEAM or ASM?

5E Advanced Materials presently has a consensus target price of $121.00, indicating a potential upside of 2,631.38%. Avino Silver & Gold Mines has a consensus target price of $2.07, indicating a potential downside of 2.75%. Given 5E Advanced Materials' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe 5E Advanced Materials is more favorable than Avino Silver & Gold Mines.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
5E Advanced Materials	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
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 FEAM or ASM?

5E Advanced Materials received 7 more outperform votes than Avino Silver & Gold Mines when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
5E Advanced Materials	Outperform Votes 7 29.17%	Underperform Votes 17 70.83%
Avino Silver & Gold Mines	N/A	N/A

Does the media prefer FEAM or ASM?

In the previous week, 5E Advanced Materials had 4 more articles in the media than Avino Silver & Gold Mines. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for 5E Advanced Materials and 1 mentions for Avino Silver & Gold Mines. Avino Silver & Gold Mines' average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat 5E Advanced Materials' score of 0.79 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
5E Advanced Materials	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Avino Silver & Gold Mines	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, FEAM or ASM?

5E Advanced Materials has a beta of 1.66, suggesting that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avino Silver & Gold Mines has a beta of 1.68, suggesting that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is FEAM or ASM more profitable?

Avino Silver & Gold Mines has a net margin of 6.57% compared to 5E Advanced Materials' net margin of 0.00%. Avino Silver & Gold Mines' return on equity of 12.13% beat 5E Advanced Materials' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
5E Advanced Materials	N/A	-645.46%	-55.54%
Avino Silver & Gold Mines	6.57%	12.13%	10.16%

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

3.1% of Avino Silver & Gold Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of 5E Advanced Materials shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Avino Silver & Gold Mines shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings and valuation, FEAM or ASM?

Avino Silver & Gold Mines has higher revenue and earnings than 5E Advanced Materials. 5E Advanced Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Avino Silver & Gold Mines, 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
5E Advanced Materials	N/A	N/A	-$62.01M	-$25.12	-0.18
Avino Silver & Gold Mines	$66.18M	4.55	$540K	$0.05	42.50

Summary

Avino Silver & Gold Mines beats 5E Advanced Materials on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.