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 stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, risk, media sentiment and valuation.

Does the media prefer AMRQ or HOC?

In the previous week, Amaroq Minerals had 2 more articles in the media than Hochschild Mining. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Amaroq Minerals and 2 mentions for Hochschild Mining. Amaroq Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat Hochschild Mining's score of 0.00 indicating that Amaroq Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AMRQ or HOC?

Hochschild Mining received 400 more outperform votes than Amaroq Minerals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Amaroq Minerals an outperform vote while only 44.94% of users gave Hochschild Mining an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Amaroq Minerals	Outperform Votes 4 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Hochschild Mining	Outperform Votes 404 44.94%	Underperform Votes 495 55.06%

Do institutionals & 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 38.7% of Hochschild Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend AMRQ or HOC?

Amaroq Minerals currently has a consensus price target of GBX 125, indicating a potential upside of 36.27%. Hochschild Mining has a consensus price target of GBX 273, indicating a potential upside of 1.11%. Given Amaroq Minerals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly 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)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Which has more risk & volatility, AMRQ or HOC?

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

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%

Which has preferable 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	-17.02
Hochschild Mining	£1.01B	1.73	£38.41M	£4.69	57.59

Summary

Hochschild Mining beats Amaroq Minerals on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.