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Metals Exploration (MTL) Competitors

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GBX 5.75 -0.15 (-2.54%)
As of 02/21/2025 12:30 PM Eastern

MTL vs. AMRQ, PAF, RSG, CMCL, THX, AAZ, SHG, SRB, TSG, and ALTN

Should you be buying Metals Exploration stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Metals Exploration include Amaroq Minerals (AMRQ), Pan African Resources (PAF), Resolute Mining (RSG), Caledonia Mining (CMCL), Thor Explorations (THX), Anglo Asian Mining (AAZ), Shanta Gold (SHG), Serabi Gold (SRB), Trans-Siberian Gold (TSG), and AltynGold (ALTN). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.

Metals Exploration vs.

Metals Exploration (LON:MTL) and Amaroq Minerals (LON:AMRQ) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.

Metals Exploration has higher revenue and earnings than Amaroq Minerals. Amaroq Minerals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Metals Exploration, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Metals Exploration£260.56M0.72£218.27M£5.321.08
Amaroq MineralsN/AN/A-£71.64M-£5.39-19.20

Metals Exploration received 103 more outperform votes than Amaroq Minerals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Amaroq Minerals an outperform vote while only 86.89% of users gave Metals Exploration an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Metals ExplorationOutperform Votes
106
86.89%
Underperform Votes
16
13.11%
Amaroq MineralsOutperform Votes
3
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes

In the previous week, Amaroq Minerals had 1 more articles in the media than Metals Exploration. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Amaroq Minerals and 0 mentions for Metals Exploration. Metals Exploration's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Amaroq Minerals'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Metals Exploration Neutral
Amaroq Minerals Neutral

Metals Exploration has a net margin of 83.77% compared to Amaroq Minerals' net margin of 0.00%. Metals Exploration's return on equity of 86.94% beat Amaroq Minerals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Metals Exploration83.77% 86.94% 3.75%
Amaroq Minerals N/A -28.56%-9.95%

12.0% of Metals Exploration shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.1% of Amaroq Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. 65.0% of Metals Exploration shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 21.1% of Amaroq Minerals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Metals Exploration has a beta of 0.19, meaning that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amaroq Minerals has a beta of 0.2, meaning that its share price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Amaroq Minerals has a consensus price target of GBX 125, indicating a potential upside of 20.80%. Given Amaroq Minerals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Amaroq Minerals is more favorable than Metals Exploration.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Metals Exploration
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Amaroq Minerals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Metals Exploration beats Amaroq Minerals on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MTL vs. The Competition

MetricMetals ExplorationGold IndustryMaterials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£186.33M£1.32B£3.15B£2.64B
Dividend Yield4.02%5.99%5.14%4.98%
P/E Ratio1.08541.73104.61162.45
Price / Sales0.72191,309,919,890,061,000.0025,801,666,827,886,400.00314,061.87
Price / Cash5.1321.8824.3528.13
Price / Book0.635.204.935.16
Net Income£218.27M£8.16M£152.67M£5.76B
7 Day Performance-2.54%0.28%-0.87%-1.01%
1 Month Performance-2.99%6.37%2.15%-0.84%
1 Year Performance91.67%84.93%33.01%39.61%

Metals Exploration Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MTL
Metals Exploration
N/AGBX 5.75
-2.5%
N/A+116.0%£186.33M£260.56M1.08791Positive News
AMRQ
Amaroq Minerals
0.6575 of 5 stars
GBX 103
-6.8%
GBX 125
+21.4%
+32.7%£748.92MN/A-19.11N/ANews Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
PAF
Pan African Resources
1.6411 of 5 stars
GBX 34
+0.1%
GBX 36.50
+7.4%
+91.6%£742.44M£266.93M16.062,469
RSG
Resolute Mining
1.9438 of 5 stars
GBX 17.10
-3.7%
GBX 39
+128.1%
+5.7%£455.60M£817.76M37.1440,000Positive News
CMCL
Caledonia Mining
N/AGBX 841.60
+0.8%
N/A+5.4%£205.31M£221.34M21.221,718
THX
Thor Explorations
2.0905 of 5 stars
GBX 22
+4.8%
GBX 30
+36.4%
+91.3%£182.93M£190.31M3.36N/A
AAZ
Anglo Asian Mining
N/AGBX 120
+4.3%
N/A+96.6%£160.40M£33.42M-5.47950Gap Up
SHG
Shanta Gold
N/AN/AN/AN/A£154.98M£150.50M1,476.00190High Trading Volume
SRB
Serabi Gold
N/AGBX 144.50
+0.3%
N/A+216.8%£137.34M£108.05M6.94646Gap Up
TSG
Trans-Siberian Gold
N/AN/AN/AN/A£107.79M£80.98M7.21579
ALTN
AltynGold
N/AGBX 299.58
-2.4%
N/A+313.2%£97.06M£76.37M8.56477

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This page (LON:MTL) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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