SML vs. EMH, ZNWD, MET1, GSP, TUN, 1SN, POW, ARCM, CMET, and PREM
Should you be buying Strategic Minerals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Strategic Minerals include European Metals (EMH), Zinnwald Lithium (ZNWD), Metals One (MET1), Gensource Potash (GSP), Tungsten West (TUN), First Tin (1SN), Power Metal Resources (POW), Arc Minerals (ARCM), Capital Metals (CMET), and Premier African Minerals (PREM). These companies are all part of the "other industrial metals & mining" industry.
Strategic Minerals vs. Its Competitors
European Metals (LON:EMH) and Strategic Minerals (LON:SML) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
European Metals has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Strategic Minerals. European Metals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Strategic Minerals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
European Metals has a net margin of -57.38% compared to Strategic Minerals' net margin of -293.94%. European Metals' return on equity of -2.93% beat Strategic Minerals' return on equity.
In the previous week, Strategic Minerals had 2 more articles in the media than European Metals. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Strategic Minerals and 0 mentions for European Metals. Strategic Minerals' average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat European Metals' score of 0.00 indicating that Strategic Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
11.7% of European Metals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of Strategic Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of European Metals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.8% of Strategic Minerals shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
European Metals has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Strategic Minerals has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
European Metals beats Strategic Minerals on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:SML) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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