AREC vs. ASM, VOXR, BLGO, NB, GAMC, HYMC, TRX, USGO, FEAM, and VGZ
Should you be buying American Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Resources include Avino Silver & Gold Mines (ASM), Vox Royalty (VOXR), BioLargo (BLGO), NioCorp Developments (NB), Golden Arrow Merger (GAMC), Hycroft Mining (HYMC), TRX Gold (TRX), U.S. GoldMining (USGO), 5E Advanced Materials (FEAM), and Vista Gold (VGZ). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
American Resources (NASDAQ:AREC) and Avino Silver & Gold Mines (NYSE:ASM) 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 earnings, valuation, community ranking, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Avino Silver & Gold Mines has a net margin of 3.21% compared to American Resources' net margin of -66.89%. Avino Silver & Gold Mines' return on equity of 5.39% beat American Resources' return on equity.
American Resources presently has a consensus target price of $3.25, indicating a potential upside of 144.36%. Avino Silver & Gold Mines has a consensus target price of $1.30, indicating a potential upside of 58.73%. Given American Resources' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe American Resources is more favorable than Avino Silver & Gold Mines.
American Resources has a beta of 0.41, indicating that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avino Silver & Gold Mines has a beta of 2.02, indicating that its stock price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Avino Silver & Gold Mines had 13 more articles in the media than American Resources. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Avino Silver & Gold Mines and 3 mentions for American Resources. Avino Silver & Gold Mines' average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat American Resources' score of 0.28 indicating that Avino Silver & Gold Mines is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
American Resources received 45 more outperform votes than Avino Silver & Gold Mines when rated by MarketBeat users.
9.3% of American Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.1% of Avino Silver & Gold Mines shares are held by institutional investors. 16.8% of American Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Avino Silver & Gold Mines shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Avino Silver & Gold Mines has higher revenue and earnings than American Resources.
Summary
Avino Silver & Gold Mines beats American Resources on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get American Resources News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for AREC and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AREC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
American Resources Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
