Metals Exploration (MTL) Competitors

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

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, AMRQ or MTL?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Amaroq Minerals	N/A	N/A	-£24.80M	-£0.05	-1,680.00
Metals Exploration	£168.22M	0.66	£140.78M	£0.05	128.00

Do analysts rate AMRQ or MTL?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amaroq Minerals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Metals Exploration	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more risk and volatility, AMRQ or MTL?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AMRQ or MTL?

Metals Exploration received 106 more outperform votes than Amaroq Minerals when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Amaroq Minerals	N/A	N/A
Metals Exploration	Outperform Votes 106 86.89%	Underperform Votes 16 13.11%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in AMRQ or MTL?

8.1% of Amaroq Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.0% of Metals Exploration shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.1% of Amaroq Minerals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 65.0% of Metals Exploration shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor AMRQ or MTL?

In the previous week, Metals Exploration had 4 more articles in the media than Amaroq Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Metals Exploration and 1 mentions for Amaroq Minerals. Amaroq Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Metals Exploration's score of 0.32 indicating that Amaroq Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Amaroq Minerals	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Metals Exploration	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is AMRQ or MTL more profitable?

Metals Exploration has a net margin of 83.69% compared to Amaroq Minerals' net margin of 0.00%. Metals Exploration's return on equity of 114.50% beat Amaroq Minerals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Amaroq Minerals	N/A	-22.60%	-9.95%
Metals Exploration	83.69%	114.50%	3.75%

Summary

Metals Exploration beats Amaroq Minerals on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.