III vs. AYM, CMMC, LA, ARG, TM, CYP, CUU, FDY, HI, and MIN
Should you be buying Imperial Metals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Imperial Metals include Atalaya Mining (AYM), Copper Mountain Mining (CMMC), Los Andes Copper (LA), Amerigo Resources (ARG), Trigon Metals (TM), Cypress Development (CYP), Copper Fox Metals (CUU), Faraday Copper (FDY), Highland Copper (HI), and Excelsior Mining (MIN). These companies are all part of the "copper" industry.
Imperial Metals (TSE:III) and Atalaya Mining (TSE:AYM) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
14.9% of Imperial Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.6% of Atalaya Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 49.2% of Imperial Metals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.9% of Atalaya Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Imperial Metals had 2 more articles in the media than Atalaya Mining. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Imperial Metals and 0 mentions for Atalaya Mining. Imperial Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.13 beat Atalaya Mining's score of 0.00 indicating that Imperial Metals is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Atalaya Mining has higher revenue and earnings than Imperial Metals. Imperial Metals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atalaya Mining, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Imperial Metals has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atalaya Mining has a beta of 1.73, suggesting that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Atalaya Mining has a net margin of 14.60% compared to Imperial Metals' net margin of -11.48%. Atalaya Mining's return on equity of 11.16% beat Imperial Metals' return on equity.
Imperial Metals received 161 more outperform votes than Atalaya Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.10% of users gave Atalaya Mining an outperform vote while only 53.13% of users gave Imperial Metals an outperform vote.
Summary
Atalaya Mining beats Imperial Metals on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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