Strategic Minerals (SML) Competitors

Kavango Resources (LON:KAV) and Strategic Minerals (LON:SML) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings and profitability.

Does the media favor KAV or SML?

In the previous week, Strategic Minerals had 7 more articles in the media than Kavango Resources. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Strategic Minerals and 1 mentions for Kavango Resources. Kavango Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Strategic Minerals' score of 0.19 indicating that Kavango Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kavango Resources	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Strategic Minerals	0 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, KAV or SML?

Kavango Resources has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Strategic Minerals has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer KAV or SML?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kavango Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Strategic Minerals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in KAV or SML?

Strategic Minerals received 95 more outperform votes than Kavango Resources when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kavango Resources	N/A	N/A
Strategic Minerals	Outperform Votes 95 65.97%	Underperform Votes 49 34.03%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, KAV or SML?

Kavango Resources has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Strategic Minerals.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kavango Resources	N/A	N/A	-£3.60M	N/A	N/A
Strategic Minerals	£2.93M	1.38	-£8.56M	N/A	N/A

Is KAV or SML more profitable?

Kavango Resources has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Strategic Minerals' net margin of -292.05%. Kavango Resources' return on equity of -20.89% beat Strategic Minerals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kavango Resources	N/A	-20.89%	-14.06%
Strategic Minerals	-292.05%	-99.46%	4.39%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in KAV or SML?

0.0% of Strategic Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. 76.0% of Kavango Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.8% of Strategic Minerals shares are owned by company 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.

Summary

Kavango Resources and Strategic Minerals tied by winning 6 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.