Amaroq Minerals (AMRQ) Competitors

Amaroq Minerals (LON:AMRQ) and Hochschild Mining (LON:HOC) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and risk.

Does the media favor AMRQ or HOC?

In the previous week, Amaroq Minerals had 1 more articles in the media than Hochschild Mining. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Amaroq Minerals and 2 mentions for Hochschild Mining. Hochschild Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Amaroq Minerals' score of -0.12 indicating that Hochschild Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Amaroq Minerals	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Hochschild Mining	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, AMRQ or HOC?

Hochschild Mining has higher revenue and earnings than Amaroq Minerals. Amaroq Minerals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hochschild Mining, 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
Amaroq Minerals	N/A	N/A	-£71.64M	-£5.39	-12.99
Hochschild Mining	£1.01B	1.91	£38.41M	£4.69	63.65

Which has more risk and volatility, AMRQ or HOC?

Amaroq Minerals has a beta of 0.2, indicating that its share price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hochschild Mining has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of AMRQ or HOC?

8.1% of Amaroq Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.0% of Hochschild Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.1% of Amaroq Minerals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 38.7% of Hochschild Mining shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate AMRQ or HOC?

Amaroq Minerals presently has a consensus price target of GBX 117.50, suggesting a potential upside of 67.86%. Hochschild Mining has a consensus price target of GBX 322.50, suggesting a potential upside of 8.08%. Given Amaroq Minerals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Amaroq Minerals is more favorable than Hochschild Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amaroq Minerals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Hochschild Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Is AMRQ or HOC more profitable?

Hochschild Mining has a net margin of 3.79% compared to Amaroq Minerals' net margin of 0.00%. Hochschild Mining's return on equity of 4.90% beat Amaroq Minerals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Amaroq Minerals	N/A	-28.56%	-9.95%
Hochschild Mining	3.79%	4.90%	7.11%

Summary

Hochschild Mining beats Amaroq Minerals on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.