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CRML vs. AESI, ERO, IPX, MTAL, NEXA, LAC, SGML, ASM, EU, and DC

Should you be buying Critical Metals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Critical Metals include Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI), Ero Copper (ERO), IperionX (IPX), MAC Copper (MTAL), Nexa Resources (NEXA), Lithium Americas (LAC), Sigma Lithium (SGML), Avino Silver & Gold Mines (ASM), enCore Energy (EU), and Dakota Gold (DC). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.

Critical Metals vs. Its Competitors

Atlas Energy Solutions (NYSE:AESI) and Critical Metals (NASDAQ:CRML) are both small-cap non-metallic and industrial metal mining companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and dividends.

Atlas Energy Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Critical Metals.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Atlas Energy Solutions$1.06B1.34$59.94M$0.1481.86
Critical MetalsN/AN/A-$147.49MN/AN/A

Atlas Energy Solutions has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Critical Metals has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Atlas Energy Solutions has a net margin of 1.20% compared to Critical Metals' net margin of 0.00%. Atlas Energy Solutions' return on equity of 3.11% beat Critical Metals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Atlas Energy Solutions1.20% 3.11% 1.71%
Critical Metals N/A N/A N/A

In the previous week, Critical Metals had 6 more articles in the media than Atlas Energy Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Critical Metals and 9 mentions for Atlas Energy Solutions. Atlas Energy Solutions' average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Critical Metals' score of 0.28 indicating that Atlas Energy Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Atlas Energy Solutions
3 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Critical Metals
1 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Atlas Energy Solutions presently has a consensus price target of $18.83, indicating a potential upside of 64.34%. Given Atlas Energy Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Atlas Energy Solutions is more favorable than Critical Metals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Atlas Energy Solutions
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.36
Critical Metals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

34.6% of Atlas Energy Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.4% of Critical Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.0% of Atlas Energy Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 65.7% of Critical Metals shares are owned 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.

Summary

Atlas Energy Solutions beats Critical Metals on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CRML vs. The Competition

MetricCritical MetalsMINING IndustryMaterials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$594.36M$6.17B$3.32B$9.76B
Dividend YieldN/A1.85%5.16%4.10%
P/E RatioN/A16.12116.4725.25
Price / SalesN/A519.6129,967,650,242,481,000.0088.19
Price / CashN/A30.9924.0328.45
Price / BookN/A8.806.095.99
Net Income-$147.49M$282.11M$148.89M$265.34M
7 Day Performance24.25%0.04%1.13%2.73%
1 Month Performance36.45%3.11%3.40%1.47%
1 Year Performance-39.05%44.71%32.21%25.31%

Critical Metals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CRML
Critical Metals
N/A$6.24
+6.8%
N/A-41.8%$616.45MN/A0.004News Coverage
AESI
Atlas Energy Solutions
3.261 of 5 stars
$11.50
-1.7%
$19.06
+65.7%
-44.2%$1.45B$1.06B82.171,143News Coverage
ERO
Ero Copper
3.9825 of 5 stars
$13.56
-2.8%
$23.50
+73.4%
-29.9%$1.45B$470.26M9.893,374
IPX
IperionX
1.39 of 5 stars
$38.62
+2.6%
$28.00
-27.5%
+184.9%$1.26BN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Short Interest ↓
Gap Up
MTAL
MAC Copper
1.2445 of 5 stars
$12.09
+0.0%
$12.63
+4.5%
+2.3%$995.86M$340.74M0.002,021News Coverage
Short Interest ↑
NEXA
Nexa Resources
2.0701 of 5 stars
$4.90
+0.6%
$5.70
+16.3%
-28.6%$644.98M$2.77B-7.215,253Short Interest ↓
LAC
Lithium Americas
1.4786 of 5 stars
$3.05
+9.1%
$3.88
+27.3%
+12.8%$610.74MN/A-19.03749Earnings Report
Gap Up
SGML
Sigma Lithium
3.2995 of 5 stars
$6.60
+21.2%
$18.00
+172.9%
-35.2%$605.37M$152.36M-17.82250News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
ASM
Avino Silver & Gold Mines
0.9235 of 5 stars
$3.97
+4.2%
$2.58
-35.1%
+269.8%$592.26M$72.62M198.6034News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
EU
enCore Energy
2.0746 of 5 stars
$2.71
+1.5%
$3.38
+24.5%
-16.7%$499.45M$58.33M-7.32N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
DC
Dakota Gold
2.6025 of 5 stars
$4.10
+0.5%
$10.50
+156.1%
+94.6%$460.32MN/A-10.0020News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:CRML) was last updated on 8/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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