Caledonia Mining (CMCL) Competitors

Caledonia Mining (LON:CMCL) and Amaroq Minerals (LON:AMRQ) 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 valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Which has more volatility and risk, CMCL or AMRQ?

Caledonia Mining has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amaroq Minerals has a beta of 0.2, meaning that its share price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CMCL or AMRQ?

Caledonia Mining received 340 more outperform votes than Amaroq Minerals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Amaroq Minerals an outperform vote while only 72.88% of users gave Caledonia Mining an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Caledonia Mining	Outperform Votes 344 72.88%	Underperform Votes 128 27.12%
Amaroq Minerals	Outperform Votes 4 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CMCL or AMRQ?

Caledonia Mining has higher revenue and earnings than Amaroq Minerals. Amaroq Minerals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Caledonia 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
Caledonia Mining	£221.34M	1.02	£12.28M	£39.66	23.45
Amaroq Minerals	N/A	N/A	-£71.64M	-£5.39	-17.02

Do analysts prefer CMCL or AMRQ?

Amaroq Minerals has a consensus target price of GBX 125, suggesting a potential upside of 36.27%. Given Amaroq Minerals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Amaroq Minerals is more favorable than Caledonia Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Caledonia Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Amaroq Minerals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is CMCL or AMRQ more profitable?

Caledonia Mining has a net margin of 5.55% compared to Amaroq Minerals' net margin of 0.00%. Caledonia Mining's return on equity of 3.99% beat Amaroq Minerals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Caledonia Mining	5.55%	3.99%	8.52%
Amaroq Minerals	N/A	-28.56%	-9.95%

Does the media favor CMCL or AMRQ?

In the previous week, Caledonia Mining had 2 more articles in the media than Amaroq Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Caledonia Mining and 5 mentions for Amaroq Minerals. Caledonia Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Amaroq Minerals' score of 0.28 indicating that Caledonia Mining is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Caledonia Mining	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
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

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CMCL or AMRQ?

45.7% of Caledonia Mining shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.1% of Amaroq Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. 15.0% of Caledonia Mining shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 21.1% of Amaroq Minerals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

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