AAU vs. QTRRF, BHLL, SMTS, USAU, MOCI, AVLNF, TREVF, PZG, LTUM, and GPL
Should you be buying Almaden Minerals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Almaden Minerals include Quaterra Resources (QTRRF), Bunker Hill Mining (BHLL), Sierra Metals (SMTS), U.S. Gold (USAU), Modern Cinema Group (MOCI), Avalon Advanced Materials (AVLNF), Trevali Mining (TREVF), Paramount Gold Nevada (PZG), Lithium (LTUM), and Great Panther Mining (GPL). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Almaden Minerals vs.
Quaterra Resources (OTCMKTS:QTRRF) and Almaden Minerals (NYSEAMERICAN:AAU) 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 analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and valuation.
Almaden Minerals' return on equity of -2.13% beat Quaterra Resources' return on equity.
Quaterra Resources has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Almaden Minerals has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
3.8% of Almaden Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. 11.0% of Almaden Minerals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Almaden Minerals had 8 more articles in the media than Quaterra Resources. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Almaden Minerals and 0 mentions for Quaterra Resources. Quaterra Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Almaden Minerals' average media sentiment score.
Almaden Minerals has a consensus price target of $0.40, indicating a potential upside of 105.13%. Given Almaden Minerals' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Almaden Minerals is more favorable than Quaterra Resources.
Almaden Minerals received 72 more outperform votes than Quaterra Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Quaterra Resources an outperform vote while only 60.87% of users gave Almaden Minerals an outperform vote.
Summary
Almaden Minerals beats Quaterra Resources on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AAU and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSEAMERICAN and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Almaden Minerals Competitors List
