Beowulf Mining (BEM) Competitors

Arc Minerals (LON:ARCM) and Beowulf Mining (LON:BEM) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, ARCM or BEM?

Arc Minerals has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Beowulf Mining.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Arc Minerals	N/A	N/A	£8.67M	N/A	N/A
Beowulf Mining	£173.31M	0.04	-£2.06M	-£0.07	-285.71

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ARCM or BEM?

Beowulf Mining received 176 more outperform votes than Arc Minerals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.56% of users gave Beowulf Mining an outperform vote while only 68.35% of users gave Arc Minerals an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Arc Minerals	Outperform Votes 54 68.35%	Underperform Votes 25 31.65%
Beowulf Mining	Outperform Votes 230 72.56%	Underperform Votes 87 27.44%

Which has more volatility & risk, ARCM or BEM?

Arc Minerals has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Beowulf Mining has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ARCM or BEM?

3.1% of Arc Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. 6.6% of Arc Minerals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Beowulf Mining shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor ARCM or BEM?

In the previous week, Arc Minerals had 1 more articles in the media than Beowulf Mining. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Arc Minerals and 0 mentions for Beowulf Mining. Arc Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat Beowulf Mining's score of 0.00 indicating that Arc Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Arc Minerals	Neutral
Beowulf Mining	Neutral

Do analysts recommend ARCM or BEM?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Arc Minerals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Beowulf Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is ARCM or BEM more profitable?

Arc Minerals' return on equity of 102.19% beat Beowulf Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Arc Minerals	N/A	102.19%	-5.85%
Beowulf Mining	N/A	-12.51%	-7.40%

Summary

Arc Minerals beats Beowulf Mining on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.