Chesterfield Resources (CHF) Competitors

Bushveld Minerals (LON:BMN) and Chesterfield Resources (LON:CHF) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Which has more risk and volatility, BMN or CHF?

Bushveld Minerals has a beta of 2.06, indicating that its stock price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chesterfield Resources has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, BMN or CHF?

Chesterfield Resources has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bushveld Minerals. Chesterfield Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bushveld Minerals, 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
Bushveld Minerals	£107.92M	0.00	-£116.82M	-£0.06	N/A
Chesterfield Resources	N/A	N/A	-£3.18M	-£0.92	-0.76

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BMN or CHF?

Bushveld Minerals received 386 more outperform votes than Chesterfield Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.53% of users gave Bushveld Minerals an outperform vote while only 72.84% of users gave Chesterfield Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bushveld Minerals	Outperform Votes 445 77.53%	Underperform Votes 129 22.47%
Chesterfield Resources	Outperform Votes 59 72.84%	Underperform Votes 22 27.16%

Does the media refer more to BMN or CHF?

In the previous week, Chesterfield Resources had 10 more articles in the media than Bushveld Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Chesterfield Resources and 0 mentions for Bushveld Minerals. Bushveld Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Chesterfield Resources' score of -0.48 indicating that Bushveld Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Bushveld Minerals	Neutral
Chesterfield Resources	Neutral

Is BMN or CHF more profitable?

Chesterfield Resources has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Bushveld Minerals' net margin of -124.94%. Chesterfield Resources' return on equity of -254.84% beat Bushveld Minerals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bushveld Minerals	-124.94%	-625.85%	-13.14%
Chesterfield Resources	N/A	-254.84%	-39.17%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of BMN or CHF?

21.1% of Bushveld Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. 48.3% of Bushveld Minerals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 28.7% of Chesterfield Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Bushveld Minerals beats Chesterfield Resources on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.