Amex Exploration (AMXEF) Competitors

Aben Minerals (OTCMKTS:ABNAF) and Amex Exploration (OTCMKTS:AMXEF) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking and profitability.

Does the media prefer ABNAF or AMXEF?

In the previous week, Amex Exploration had 4 more articles in the media than Aben Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Amex Exploration and 0 mentions for Aben Minerals. Amex Exploration's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Aben Minerals' score of 0.00 indicating that Amex Exploration is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Aben Minerals	Neutral
Amex Exploration	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ABNAF or AMXEF?

Aben Minerals received 15 more outperform votes than Amex Exploration when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Amex Exploration an outperform vote while only 72.00% of users gave Aben Minerals an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Aben Minerals	Outperform Votes 18 72.00%	Underperform Votes 7 28.00%
Amex Exploration	Outperform Votes 3 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ABNAF or AMXEF?

0.2% of Aben Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.5% of Amex Exploration shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, ABNAF or AMXEF?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aben Minerals	N/A	N/A	N/A	-$0.02	-4.81
Amex Exploration	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is ABNAF or AMXEF more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aben Minerals	N/A	N/A	N/A
Amex Exploration	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts rate ABNAF or AMXEF?

Amex Exploration has a consensus price target of $3.25, suggesting a potential upside of 176.38%. Given Amex Exploration's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Amex Exploration is more favorable than Aben Minerals.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aben Minerals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Amex Exploration	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Amex Exploration beats Aben Minerals on 6 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.