AMM vs. BSX, YRB, ESM, GRC, and SGLD
Should you be buying Almaden Minerals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Almaden Minerals include Belo Sun Mining (BSX), Yorbeau Resources (YRB), Euro Sun Mining (ESM), Gold Springs Resource (GRC), and Sabre Gold Mines (SGLD). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Almaden Minerals (TSE:AMM) and Belo Sun Mining (TSE:BSX) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
Belo Sun Mining received 17 more outperform votes than Almaden Minerals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.79% of users gave Almaden Minerals an outperform vote while only 66.28% of users gave Belo Sun Mining an outperform vote.
Belo Sun Mining's return on equity of -16.91% beat Almaden Minerals' return on equity.
Belo Sun Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Almaden Minerals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
3.5% of Almaden Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.3% of Belo Sun Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.8% of Almaden Minerals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of Belo Sun Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Almaden Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Belo Sun Mining'saverage media sentiment score.
Almaden Minerals has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Belo Sun Mining has a beta of 2.04, suggesting that its stock price is 104% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Belo Sun Mining beats Almaden Minerals on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
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