Caledonia Mining (CMCL) Competitors

Caledonia Mining (LON:CMCL) and Pan African Resources (LON:PAF) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Which has more volatility and risk, CMCL or PAF?

Caledonia Mining has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pan African Resources has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to CMCL or PAF?

In the previous week, Pan African Resources had 1 more articles in the media than Caledonia Mining. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Pan African Resources and 0 mentions for Caledonia Mining. Pan African Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Caledonia Mining's score of 0.00 indicating that Pan African Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Caledonia Mining	Neutral
Pan African Resources	Positive

Do analysts prefer CMCL or PAF?

Pan African Resources has a consensus price target of GBX 36.50, suggesting a potential upside of 2.24%. Given Pan African Resources' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Pan African Resources 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)	N/A
Pan African Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CMCL or PAF?

45.7% of Caledonia Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.5% of Pan African Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.0% of Caledonia Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.7% of Pan African Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CMCL or PAF?

Pan African Resources received 61 more outperform votes than Caledonia Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.42% of users gave Pan African Resources 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%
Pan African Resources	Outperform Votes 405 76.42%	Underperform Votes 125 23.58%

Is CMCL or PAF more profitable?

Pan African Resources has a net margin of 21.24% compared to Caledonia Mining's net margin of 7.45%. Pan African Resources' return on equity of 24.03% beat Caledonia Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Caledonia Mining	7.45%	6.19%	8.52%
Pan African Resources	21.24%	24.03%	12.99%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, CMCL or PAF?

Pan African Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Caledonia Mining. Pan African Resources 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	£159.88M	1.40	£11.30M	£0.46	2,532.61
Pan African Resources	£373.80M	1.83	£79.38M	£0.03	1,190.00

Is CMCL or PAF a better dividend stock?

Caledonia Mining pays an annual dividend of GBX 44 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Pan African Resources pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Caledonia Mining pays out 9,565.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Pan African Resources pays out 3,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Pan African Resources beats Caledonia Mining on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.