First Class Metals (FCM) Competitors

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

Which has better earnings and valuation, BEM or FCM?

First Class Metals has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Beowulf Mining. Beowulf Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Class Metals, 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
Beowulf Mining	£173.31M	0.04	-£2.06M	-£0.07	-285.71
First Class Metals	N/A	N/A	N/A	-£0.02	-97.50

Do analysts rate BEM or FCM?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Beowulf Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
First Class Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is BEM or FCM more profitable?

First Class Metals' return on equity of 0.00% beat Beowulf Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Beowulf Mining	N/A	-12.51%	-7.40%
First Class Metals	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in BEM or FCM?

5.6% of First Class Metals shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Beowulf Mining shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 68.9% of First Class Metals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to BEM or FCM?

In the previous week, Beowulf Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled First Class Metals'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Beowulf Mining	Neutral
First Class Metals	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BEM or FCM?

Beowulf Mining received 230 more outperform votes than First Class Metals when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Beowulf Mining	Outperform Votes 230 72.56%	Underperform Votes 87 27.44%
First Class Metals	N/A	N/A

Summary

First Class Metals beats Beowulf Mining on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.