Hansa Investment (HAN) Competitors

Ariana Resources (LON:AAU) and Hansa Investment (LON:HAN) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.

Is AAU or HAN more profitable?

Hansa Investment has a net margin of 95.67% compared to Ariana Resources' net margin of 0.00%. Hansa Investment's return on equity of 19.42% beat Ariana Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ariana Resources	N/A	0.00%	-5.54%
Hansa Investment	95.67%	19.42%	13.97%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AAU or HAN?

Ariana Resources received 105 more outperform votes than Hansa Investment when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.08% of users gave Hansa Investment an outperform vote while only 53.04% of users gave Ariana Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ariana Resources	Outperform Votes 218 53.04%	Underperform Votes 193 46.96%
Hansa Investment	Outperform Votes 113 66.08%	Underperform Votes 58 33.92%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in AAU or HAN?

0.9% of Hansa Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 43.7% of Ariana Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 60.3% of Hansa Investment shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, AAU or HAN?

Ariana Resources has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hansa Investment has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, AAU or HAN?

Hansa Investment has higher revenue and earnings than Ariana Resources. Hansa Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ariana Resources, 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
Ariana Resources	N/A	N/A	£537.40	£0.00	51,666.67
Hansa Investment	£80.86M	3.22	£77.36M	£76.86	3.05

Does the media favor AAU or HAN?

In the previous week, Ariana Resources had 1 more articles in the media than Hansa Investment. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Ariana Resources and 1 mentions for Hansa Investment. Ariana Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Hansa Investment's score of 0.67 indicating that Ariana Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ariana Resources	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Hansa Investment	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Hansa Investment beats Ariana Resources on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.