Critical Metals (CRML) Competitors

Critical Metals (NASDAQ:CRML) and New Gold (NYSE:NGD) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CRML or NGD?

86.4% of Critical Metals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.8% of New Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 65.7% of Critical Metals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of New Gold shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to CRML or NGD?

In the previous week, New Gold had 2 more articles in the media than Critical Metals. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for New Gold and 4 mentions for Critical Metals. New Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Critical Metals' score of 0.47 indicating that New Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Critical Metals	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
New Gold	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, CRML or NGD?

New Gold has higher revenue and earnings than Critical Metals.

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
New Gold	$786.50M	2.54	-$64.50M	$0.02	126.50

Is CRML or NGD more profitable?

New Gold has a net margin of 2.33% compared to Critical Metals' net margin of 0.00%. New Gold's return on equity of 9.38% beat Critical Metals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Critical Metals	N/A	N/A	N/A
New Gold	2.33%	9.38%	3.87%

Do analysts prefer CRML or NGD?

New Gold has a consensus price target of $3.08, suggesting a potential upside of 21.74%. Given New Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe New Gold 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
New Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more volatility & risk, CRML or NGD?

Critical Metals has a beta of 0.12, suggesting that its share price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, New Gold has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CRML or NGD?

New Gold received 15 more outperform votes than Critical Metals when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Critical Metals	N/A	N/A
New Gold	Outperform Votes 15 62.50%	Underperform Votes 9 37.50%

Summary

New Gold beats Critical Metals on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.