Galway Metals (CVE:GWM) and Yorbeau Resources (TSE:YRB) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and valuation.
Profitability
This table compares Galway Metals and Yorbeau Resources' net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets |
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Galway Metals | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Yorbeau Resources | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Galway Metals and Yorbeau Resources, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score |
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Galway Metals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
Yorbeau Resources | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Galway Metals presently has a consensus price target of C$1.20, suggesting a potential upside of 21.21%. Given Galway Metals' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Galway Metals is more favorable than Yorbeau Resources.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Galway Metals and Yorbeau Resources' top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio |
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Galway Metals | N/A | N/A | N/A | C($0.06) | -15.97 |
Yorbeau Resources | C$850,736.00 | 21.41 | C$-1,821,180.00 | C($0.01) | -10.00 |
Galway Metals has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Yorbeau Resources. Galway Metals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Yorbeau Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Yorbeau Resources beats Galway Metals on 3 of the 5 factors compared between the two stocks.