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 business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.
24.5% of Amerigo Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.6% of Atalaya Mining shares are held by institutional investors. 13.0% of Amerigo Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.9% of Atalaya Mining shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Given Atalaya Mining's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Atalaya Mining is more favorable than Amerigo Resources.
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.
In the previous week, Amerigo Resources had 2 more articles in the media than Atalaya Mining. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Amerigo Resources and 0 mentions for Atalaya Mining. Amerigo Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat Atalaya Mining's score of 0.00 indicating that Amerigo Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Amerigo Resources has a beta of 3.11, meaning that its stock price is 211% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atalaya Mining has a beta of 1.73, meaning that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Amerigo Resources pays an annual dividend of C$0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. 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.
Summary
Amerigo Resources beats Atalaya Mining on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:ARG) was last updated on 7/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff