Aris Mining (ARMN) Competitors

Aris Mining (NYSE:ARMN) and B2Gold (NYSE:BTG) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Which has more risk & volatility, ARMN or BTG?

Aris Mining has a beta of -0.34, meaning that its share price is 134% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, B2Gold has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ARMN or BTG?

35.8% of Aris Mining shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.4% of B2Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of B2Gold shares are held by 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.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, ARMN or BTG?

Aris Mining has higher earnings, but lower revenue than B2Gold. Aris Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than B2Gold, 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
Aris Mining	$560.51M	2.53	$11.42M	-$0.07	-100.00
B2Gold	$1.97B	2.53	$10.10M	-$0.35	-10.80

Does the media favor ARMN or BTG?

In the previous week, B2Gold had 8 more articles in the media than Aris Mining. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for B2Gold and 8 mentions for Aris Mining. B2Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Aris Mining's score of 0.51 indicating that B2Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Aris Mining	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
B2Gold	6 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend ARMN or BTG?

B2Gold has a consensus price target of $4.31, indicating a potential upside of 14.09%. Given B2Gold's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe B2Gold is more favorable than Aris Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aris Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
B2Gold	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

Is ARMN or BTG more profitable?

Aris Mining has a net margin of -0.66% compared to B2Gold's net margin of -33.12%. B2Gold's return on equity of 5.65% beat Aris Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aris Mining	-0.66%	4.97%	2.70%
B2Gold	-33.12%	5.65%	4.06%

Summary

B2Gold beats Aris Mining on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.