CRTM vs. VAST, CRTX, ALBA, THR, AFP, REE, JAN, TM1, RRR, and EUZ
Should you be buying Critical Metals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Critical Metals include Vast Resources (VAST), CRISM Therapeutics (CRTX), Alba Mineral Resources (ALBA), Thor Energy (THR), African Pioneer (AFP), Altona Rare Earths (REE), Jangada Mines (JAN), Technology Minerals (TM1), Red Rock Resources (RRR), and Europa Metals (EUZ). These companies are all part of the "other industrial metals & mining" industry.
Critical Metals vs.
Vast Resources (LON:VAST) and Critical Metals (LON:CRTM) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Critical Metals had 1 more articles in the media than Vast Resources. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Critical Metals and 1 mentions for Vast Resources. Vast Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Critical Metals' score of -0.64 indicating that Vast Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
11.7% of Vast Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.0% of Critical Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. 54.1% of Vast Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 41.2% of Critical Metals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Critical Metals has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Vast Resources. Vast Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Critical Metals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Vast Resources has a net margin of -278.08% compared to Critical Metals' net margin of -5,636.57%. Critical Metals' return on equity of -130.81% beat Vast Resources' return on equity.
Vast Resources received 83 more outperform votes than Critical Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Critical Metals an outperform vote while only 64.62% of users gave Vast Resources an outperform vote.
Vast Resources has a beta of 2.56, indicating that its stock price is 156% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Critical Metals has a beta of 1.7, indicating that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Vast Resources beats Critical Metals on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:CRTM) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
