Griffin Mining (GFM) Competitors

Griffin Mining (LON:GFM) and Adriatic Metals (LON:ADT1) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.

Which has more risk & volatility, GFM or ADT1?

Griffin Mining has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adriatic Metals has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in GFM or ADT1?

3.0% of Griffin Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.2% of Adriatic Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. 43.8% of Griffin Mining shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of Adriatic Metals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation and earnings, GFM or ADT1?

Griffin Mining has higher revenue and earnings than Adriatic Metals. Adriatic Metals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Griffin 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
Griffin Mining	£162.25M	1.65	£21.34M	£0.09	1,622.22
Adriatic Metals	N/A	N/A	-£43.47M	-£0.11	-1,809.09

Does the media favor GFM or ADT1?

In the previous week, Griffin Mining had 1 more articles in the media than Adriatic Metals. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Griffin Mining and 1 mentions for Adriatic Metals. Griffin Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Adriatic Metals' score of -0.35 indicating that Griffin Mining is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Griffin Mining	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Adriatic Metals	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts recommend GFM or ADT1?

Griffin Mining presently has a consensus price target of GBX 190, suggesting a potential upside of 30.14%. Adriatic Metals has a consensus price target of GBX 220, suggesting a potential upside of 10.55%. Given Griffin Mining's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Griffin Mining is more favorable than Adriatic Metals.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Griffin Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Adriatic Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is GFM or ADT1 more profitable?

Griffin Mining has a net margin of 13.15% compared to Adriatic Metals' net margin of 0.00%. Griffin Mining's return on equity of 8.08% beat Adriatic Metals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Griffin Mining	13.15%	8.08%	6.85%
Adriatic Metals	N/A	-33.72%	-6.80%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GFM or ADT1?

Griffin Mining received 286 more outperform votes than Adriatic Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 89.47% of users gave Adriatic Metals an outperform vote while only 76.32% of users gave Griffin Mining an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Griffin Mining	Outperform Votes 303 76.32%	Underperform Votes 94 23.68%
Adriatic Metals	Outperform Votes 17 89.47%	Underperform Votes 2 10.53%

Summary

Griffin Mining beats Adriatic Metals on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.