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 stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.

Which has more risk and volatility, RSG or CMCL?

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

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%

Do analysts rate RSG or CMCL?

Resolute Mining presently has a consensus target price of GBX 39, indicating a potential upside of 82.84%. Given Resolute Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly 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

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, RSG or CMCL?

Resolute Mining has higher revenue and earnings than Caledonia Mining.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Resolute Mining	£643.08M	0.71	£12.68M	N/A	N/A
Caledonia Mining	£159.88M	1.07	£11.30M	£0.46	1,930.43

Is RSG or CMCL more profitable?

Caledonia Mining has a net margin of 7.45% compared to Resolute Mining's net margin of 1.97%. Resolute Mining's return on equity of 6.88% beat Caledonia Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Resolute Mining	1.97%	6.88%	6.41%
Caledonia Mining	7.45%	6.19%	8.52%

Do insiders and 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer RSG or CMCL?

In the previous week, Resolute Mining had 6 more articles in the media than Caledonia Mining. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Resolute Mining and 2 mentions for Caledonia Mining. Caledonia Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Resolute Mining's score of 0.17 indicating that Caledonia Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Summary

Resolute Mining beats Caledonia Mining on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.