MTAL vs. CRML, LAAC, TMC, NEXA, LAC, GSM, DC, NGD, ARMN, and LEU
Should you be buying Metals Acquisition stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Metals Acquisition include Critical Metals (CRML), Lithium Americas (Argentina) (LAAC), TMC the metals (TMC), Nexa Resources (NEXA), Lithium Americas (LAC), Ferroglobe (GSM), Dakota Gold (DC), New Gold (NGD), Aris Mining (ARMN), and Centrus Energy (LEU). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Critical Metals (NASDAQ:CRML) and Metals Acquisition (NYSE:MTAL) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.
Critical Metals has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Metals Acquisition.
Metals Acquisition received 6 more outperform votes than Critical Metals when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, Metals Acquisition had 4 more articles in the media than Critical Metals. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Metals Acquisition and 3 mentions for Critical Metals. Critical Metals' average media sentiment score of -0.15 beat Metals Acquisition's score of -0.38 indicating that Metals Acquisition is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Critical Metals has a beta of 0.1, suggesting that its share price is 90% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Metals Acquisition has a beta of 0.02, suggesting that its share price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500.
86.4% of Critical Metals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.5% of Metals Acquisition shares are held by institutional investors. 65.7% of Critical Metals shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Metals Acquisition has a consensus price target of $13.58, indicating a potential upside of 2.83%. Given Critical Metals' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Metals Acquisition is more favorable than Critical Metals.
Summary
Metals Acquisition beats Critical Metals on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
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