ARG vs. AYM, III, CMMC, FDY, LA, CUU, HI, MIN, NCU, and DNT
Should you be buying Amerigo Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Amerigo Resources include Atalaya Mining (AYM), Imperial Metals (III), Copper Mountain Mining (CMMC), Faraday Copper (FDY), Los Andes Copper (LA), Copper Fox Metals (CUU), Highland Copper (HI), Excelsior Mining (MIN), Nevada Copper (NCU), and Candente Copper (DNT). These companies are all part of the "copper" industry.
Amerigo Resources vs. Its Competitors
Amerigo Resources (TSE:ARG) and Atalaya Mining (TSE:AYM) 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 valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and risk.
Amerigo Resources pays an annual dividend of C$0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Atalaya Mining pays an annual dividend of C$0.55 per share. Amerigo Resources pays out 67.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Atalaya Mining pays out 101.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Amerigo Resources is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Atalaya Mining has a net margin of 14.60% compared to Amerigo Resources' net margin of 8.12%. Amerigo Resources' return on equity of 19.29% beat Atalaya Mining's return on equity.
In the previous week, Amerigo Resources and Amerigo Resources both had 1 articles in the media. Amerigo Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Atalaya Mining's score of 0.00 indicating that Amerigo Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Amerigo Resources has a beta of 3.11, indicating that its share price is 211% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atalaya Mining has a beta of 1.73, indicating that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.
24.5% of Amerigo Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.6% of Atalaya Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.0% of Amerigo Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 22.9% of Atalaya Mining shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Atalaya Mining has higher revenue and earnings than Amerigo Resources. Atalaya Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amerigo Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Given Atalaya Mining's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Atalaya Mining is more favorable than Amerigo Resources.
Summary
Amerigo Resources beats Atalaya Mining on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:ARG) was last updated on 8/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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