Solitario Resources (SLR) Competitors

Aurion Resources (CVE:AU) and Solitario Resources (TSE:SLR) 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 media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, community ranking and earnings.

Is AU or SLR more profitable?

Aurion Resources' return on equity of -3.82% beat Solitario Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aurion Resources	N/A	-3.82%	-3.68%
Solitario Resources	N/A	-16.11%	-11.76%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AU or SLR?

Solitario Resources received 19 more outperform votes than Aurion Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.41% of users gave Aurion Resources an outperform vote while only 70.11% of users gave Solitario Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Aurion Resources	Outperform Votes 42 72.41%	Underperform Votes 16 27.59%
Solitario Resources	Outperform Votes 61 70.11%	Underperform Votes 26 29.89%

Do analysts recommend AU or SLR?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aurion Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Solitario Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, AU or SLR?

Aurion Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Solitario 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
Aurion Resources	N/A	N/A	-C$2.59M	-C$0.02	-45.90
Solitario Resources	N/A	N/A	-C$3.07M	-C$0.08	-11.56

Which has more risk and volatility, AU or SLR?

Aurion Resources has a beta of 1.81, suggesting that its stock price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Solitario Resources has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor AU or SLR?

In the previous week, Aurion Resources had 1 more articles in the media than Solitario Resources. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Aurion Resources and 0 mentions for Solitario Resources. Aurion Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Solitario Resources' score of 0.00 indicating that Aurion Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Aurion Resources	Neutral
Solitario Resources	Neutral

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in AU or SLR?

22.9% of Aurion Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.2% of Solitario Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 12.3% of Aurion Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.7% of Solitario Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Aurion Resources beats Solitario Resources on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.