Critical Metals (CRML) Competitors

Critical Metals (NASDAQ:CRML) and Nexa Resources (NYSE:NEXA) 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 media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CRML or NEXA?

86.4% of Critical Metals shares are held by institutional investors. 65.7% of Critical Metals 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 CRML or NEXA more profitable?

Critical Metals has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Nexa Resources' net margin of -7.37%. Critical Metals' return on equity of 0.00% beat Nexa Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Critical Metals	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nexa Resources	-7.37%	-8.49%	-2.36%

Do analysts prefer CRML or NEXA?

Nexa Resources has a consensus price target of $6.20, suggesting a potential upside of 1.56%. Given Nexa Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Nexa Resources is more favorable than Critical Metals.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Critical Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Nexa Resources	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50

Which has more volatility & risk, CRML or NEXA?

Critical Metals has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nexa Resources has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CRML or NEXA?

Nexa Resources received 277 more outperform votes than Critical Metals when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Critical Metals	N/A	N/A
Nexa Resources	Outperform Votes 277 58.19%	Underperform Votes 199 41.81%

Which has better earnings & valuation, CRML or NEXA?

Critical Metals has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Nexa Resources.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Critical Metals	N/A	N/A	-$147.49M	N/A	N/A
Nexa Resources	$2.77B	0.29	-$289.35M	-$1.54	-3.96

Does the media prefer CRML or NEXA?

In the previous week, Nexa Resources had 9 more articles in the media than Critical Metals. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Nexa Resources and 1 mentions for Critical Metals. Nexa Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Critical Metals' score of -1.00 indicating that Nexa Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Critical Metals	Negative
Nexa Resources	Neutral

Summary

Nexa Resources beats Critical Metals on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.