First Class Metals (FCM) Competitors

First Class Metals (LON:FCM) and Tungsten West (LON:TUN) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.

Is FCM or TUN more profitable?

First Class Metals' return on equity of 0.00% beat Tungsten West's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Class Metals	N/A	N/A	N/A
Tungsten West	N/A	-49.05%	-20.17%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of FCM or TUN?

5.6% of First Class Metals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.7% of Tungsten West shares are held by institutional investors. 68.9% of First Class Metals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.6% of Tungsten West shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer FCM or TUN?

In the previous week, First Class Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Tungsten West'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
First Class Metals	Neutral
Tungsten West	Neutral

Which has better valuation and earnings, FCM or TUN?

First Class Metals has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Tungsten West. First Class Metals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tungsten West, 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
First Class Metals	N/A	N/A	N/A	-£0.02	-88.90
Tungsten West	£1.14M	5.30	-£14.29M	-£0.08	-40.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FCM or TUN?

First Class Metals and Tungsten West both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Class Metals	N/A	N/A
Tungsten West	N/A	N/A

Summary

First Class Metals beats Tungsten West on 4 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.