Caledonia Mining (CMCL) Competitors

Resolute Mining (LON:RSG) and Caledonia Mining (LON:CMCL) 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, earnings, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Does the media prefer RSG or CMCL?

In the previous week, Caledonia Mining had 2 more articles in the media than Resolute Mining. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Caledonia Mining and 0 mentions for Resolute Mining. Caledonia Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat Resolute Mining's score of 0.00 indicating that Caledonia Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Resolute Mining	Neutral
Caledonia Mining	Neutral

Do analysts prefer RSG or CMCL?

Resolute Mining currently has a consensus target price of GBX 39, indicating a potential upside of 81.40%. Given Resolute Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Resolute Mining is more favorable than Caledonia Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Resolute Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Caledonia Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor RSG or CMCL?

Caledonia Mining received 293 more outperform votes than Resolute Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 89.47% of users gave Resolute Mining an outperform vote while only 72.88% of users gave Caledonia Mining an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Resolute Mining	Outperform Votes 51 89.47%	Underperform Votes 6 10.53%
Caledonia Mining	Outperform Votes 344 72.88%	Underperform Votes 128 27.12%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, RSG or CMCL?

Resolute Mining has higher revenue and earnings than Caledonia Mining. Caledonia Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Resolute 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
Resolute Mining	£817.76M	0.70	£15.35M	£0.46	46.70
Caledonia Mining	£221.34M	1.18	£12.28M	£39.66	27.11

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

69.0% of Resolute Mining shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.7% of Caledonia Mining shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of Resolute Mining shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.0% of Caledonia Mining shares are held by 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.

Is RSG or CMCL more profitable?

Caledonia Mining has a net margin of 5.55% compared to Resolute Mining's net margin of 1.88%. Caledonia Mining's return on equity of 3.99% beat Resolute Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Resolute Mining	1.88%	1.90%	6.41%
Caledonia Mining	5.55%	3.99%	8.52%

Which has more volatility & risk, RSG or CMCL?

Resolute Mining has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Caledonia Mining has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Resolute Mining and Caledonia Mining tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.