ASIX vs. NFGC, LEU, ARMN, MTAL, CRML, MERC, GATO, DRD, RYI, and HAYN
Should you be buying AdvanSix stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AdvanSix include New Found Gold (NFGC), Centrus Energy (LEU), Aris Mining (ARMN), Metals Acquisition (MTAL), Critical Metals (CRML), Mercer International (MERC), Gatos Silver (GATO), DRDGOLD (DRD), Ryerson (RYI), and Haynes International (HAYN). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
AdvanSix (NYSE:ASIX) and New Found Gold (NYSE:NFGC) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and institutional ownership.
AdvanSix received 241 more outperform votes than New Found Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave New Found Gold an outperform vote while only 65.53% of users gave AdvanSix an outperform vote.
In the previous week, New Found Gold had 2 more articles in the media than AdvanSix. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for New Found Gold and 1 mentions for AdvanSix. AdvanSix's average media sentiment score of 1.82 beat New Found Gold's score of 1.05 indicating that AdvanSix is being referred to more favorably in the media.
AdvanSix has higher revenue and earnings than New Found Gold. New Found Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AdvanSix, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
AdvanSix currently has a consensus target price of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 70.72%. New Found Gold has a consensus target price of $9.00, indicating a potential upside of 133.77%. Given New Found Gold's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe New Found Gold is more favorable than AdvanSix.
86.4% of AdvanSix shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.4% of New Found Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of AdvanSix shares are held 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.
AdvanSix has a beta of 1.74, meaning that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, New Found Gold has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
AdvanSix has a net margin of 0.15% compared to New Found Gold's net margin of 0.00%. AdvanSix's return on equity of 0.06% beat New Found Gold's return on equity.
Summary
AdvanSix beats New Found Gold on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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