Entrée Resources (ETG) Competitors

Altius Minerals (TSE:ALS) and Entrée Resources (TSE:ETG) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.

Do analysts recommend ALS or ETG?

Altius Minerals currently has a consensus price target of C$30.03, suggesting a potential upside of 13.11%. Entrée Resources has a consensus price target of C$2.00, suggesting a potential downside of 9.91%. Given Altius Minerals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Altius Minerals is more favorable than Entrée Resources.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Altius Minerals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Entrée Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has higher valuation and earnings, ALS or ETG?

Altius Minerals has higher revenue and earnings than Entrée Resources. Entrée Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Altius Minerals, 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
Altius Minerals	C$43.80M	28.02	C$13.64M	C$0.30	89.86
Entrée Resources	N/A	N/A	-C$5.14M	-C$0.05	-44.61

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ALS or ETG?

Altius Minerals received 160 more outperform votes than Entrée Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.42% of users gave Altius Minerals an outperform vote while only 53.85% of users gave Entrée Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Altius Minerals	Outperform Votes 258 60.42%	Underperform Votes 169 39.58%
Entrée Resources	Outperform Votes 98 53.85%	Underperform Votes 84 46.15%

Which has more risk and volatility, ALS or ETG?

Altius Minerals has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Entrée Resources has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ALS or ETG?

24.5% of Altius Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Entrée Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.0% of Altius Minerals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 43.3% of Entrée Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor ALS or ETG?

In the previous week, Altius Minerals had 10 more articles in the media than Entrée Resources. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Altius Minerals and 0 mentions for Entrée Resources. Entrée Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Altius Minerals' score of -0.21 indicating that Entrée Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Altius Minerals	Neutral
Entrée Resources	Neutral

Is ALS or ETG more profitable?

Altius Minerals has a net margin of 31.13% compared to Entrée Resources' net margin of 0.00%. Entrée Resources' return on equity of 11.05% beat Altius Minerals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Altius Minerals	31.13%	2.80%	2.60%
Entrée Resources	N/A	11.05%	-49.40%

Summary

Altius Minerals beats Entrée Resources on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.