Amerigo Resources (ARG) 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.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ARG or AYM?

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.

Do analysts recommend ARG or AYM?

Given Atalaya Mining's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Atalaya Mining is more favorable than Amerigo Resources.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amerigo Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00
Atalaya Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, ARG or AYM?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Amerigo Resources	C$176.93M	1.57	C$14.37M	C$0.18	13.51
Atalaya Mining	C$363.40M	0.00	C$53.05M	C$0.54	N/A

Does the media refer more to ARG or AYM?

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.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Amerigo Resources	Neutral
Atalaya Mining	Neutral

Is ARG or AYM more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Amerigo Resources	8.12%	19.29%	6.07%
Atalaya Mining	14.60%	11.16%	5.25%

Which has more risk & volatility, ARG or AYM?

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.

Is ARG or AYM a better dividend stock?

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.