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 contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, valuation and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AMRQ or MTL?

Metals Exploration received 102 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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Amaroq Minerals	Outperform Votes 4 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Metals Exploration	Outperform Votes 106 86.89%	Underperform Votes 16 13.11%

Which has better earnings and valuation, 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	-£71.64M	-£5.39	-16.32
Metals Exploration	£260.56M	0.93	£218.27M	£5.32	1.41

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

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

Is AMRQ or MTL more profitable?

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
Amaroq Minerals	N/A	-28.56%	-9.95%
Metals Exploration	83.77%	86.94%	3.75%

Which has more risk and volatility, AMRQ or MTL?

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

Do analysts recommend AMRQ or MTL?

Amaroq Minerals currently has a consensus price target of GBX 125, indicating a potential upside of 42.08%. Given Amaroq Minerals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Amaroq Minerals is more favorable than Metals Exploration.

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

Does the media favor AMRQ or MTL?

In the previous week, Metals Exploration had 2 more articles in the media than Amaroq Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Metals Exploration and 0 mentions for Amaroq Minerals. Metals Exploration's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Amaroq Minerals' score of 0.00 indicating that Metals Exploration is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Amaroq Minerals	Neutral
Metals Exploration	Positive

Summary

Metals Exploration beats Amaroq Minerals on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.