Aris Mining (ARMN) Competitors

Sibanye Stillwater (NYSE:SBSW) and Aris Mining (NYSE:ARMN) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in SBSW or ARMN?

34.9% of Sibanye Stillwater shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.8% of Aris Mining shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Sibanye Stillwater shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, SBSW or ARMN?

Sibanye Stillwater has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aris Mining has a beta of 0.23, meaning that its stock price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer SBSW or ARMN?

In the previous week, Sibanye Stillwater and Sibanye Stillwater both had 5 articles in the media. Sibanye Stillwater's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat Aris Mining's score of -0.65 indicating that Sibanye Stillwater is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sibanye Stillwater	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Aris Mining	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative

Is SBSW or ARMN more profitable?

Sibanye Stillwater has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Aris Mining's net margin of -0.66%. Aris Mining's return on equity of 4.97% beat Sibanye Stillwater's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sibanye Stillwater	N/A	N/A	N/A
Aris Mining	-0.66%	4.97%	2.70%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, SBSW or ARMN?

Aris Mining has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Sibanye Stillwater. Sibanye Stillwater is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aris Mining, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sibanye Stillwater	$112.13B	0.03	-$2.05B	$0.52	8.38
Aris Mining	$510.60M	1.57	$11.42M	$0.04	116.75

Do analysts recommend SBSW or ARMN?

Sibanye Stillwater currently has a consensus target price of $5.05, indicating a potential upside of 15.96%. Given Sibanye Stillwater's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Sibanye Stillwater is more favorable than Aris Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sibanye Stillwater	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17
Aris Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SBSW or ARMN?

Sibanye Stillwater received 34 more outperform votes than Aris Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 47.22% of users gave Sibanye Stillwater an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Aris Mining an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sibanye Stillwater	Outperform Votes 34 47.22%	Underperform Votes 38 52.78%
Aris Mining	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 3 100.00%

Summary

Sibanye Stillwater beats Aris Mining on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.