Westwater Resources (WWR) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, CRML or WWR?

Critical Metals has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Westwater Resources has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

86.4% of Critical Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.7% of Westwater Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 65.7% of Critical Metals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of Westwater Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor CRML or WWR?

In the previous week, Critical Metals had 4 more articles in the media than Westwater Resources. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Critical Metals and 2 mentions for Westwater Resources. Westwater Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Critical Metals' score of 0.47 indicating that Westwater Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Critical Metals	Neutral
Westwater Resources	Positive

Is CRML or WWR more profitable?

Critical Metals' return on equity of 0.00% beat Westwater Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Critical Metals	N/A	N/A	N/A
Westwater Resources	N/A	-5.89%	-5.50%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CRML or WWR?

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
Westwater Resources	N/A	N/A	-$7.75M	-$0.20	-2.94

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CRML or WWR?

Westwater Resources received 341 more outperform votes than Critical Metals when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Critical Metals	N/A	N/A
Westwater Resources	Outperform Votes 341 62.23%	Underperform Votes 207 37.77%

Do analysts prefer CRML or WWR?

Westwater Resources has a consensus price target of $2.00, indicating a potential upside of 240.72%. Given Westwater Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Westwater Resources 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
Westwater Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Westwater Resources beats Critical Metals on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.