Avino Silver & Gold Mines (ASM) Competitors

Avino Silver & Gold Mines (NYSE:ASM) and Ero Copper (NYSE:ERO) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and profitability.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ASM or ERO?

3.1% of Avino Silver & Gold Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.3% of Ero Copper shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of Avino Silver & Gold Mines shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, ASM or ERO?

Avino Silver & Gold Mines has a beta of 1.68, indicating that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ero Copper has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor ASM or ERO?

In the previous week, Ero Copper had 4 more articles in the media than Avino Silver & Gold Mines. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Ero Copper and 2 mentions for Avino Silver & Gold Mines. Ero Copper's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Avino Silver & Gold Mines' score of 0.96 indicating that Ero Copper is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Avino Silver & Gold Mines	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ero Copper	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer ASM or ERO?

Avino Silver & Gold Mines presently has a consensus target price of $2.07, suggesting a potential upside of 5.44%. Ero Copper has a consensus target price of $26.33, suggesting a potential upside of 150.91%. Given Ero Copper's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ero Copper is more favorable than Avino Silver & Gold Mines.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Avino Silver & Gold Mines	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Ero Copper	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.09

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, ASM or ERO?

Ero Copper has higher revenue and earnings than Avino Silver & Gold Mines. Ero Copper is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Avino Silver & Gold Mines, 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
Avino Silver & Gold Mines	$66.18M	4.20	$540K	$0.05	39.20
Ero Copper	$470.26M	2.31	$92.80M	-$0.67	-15.66

Is ASM or ERO more profitable?

Avino Silver & Gold Mines has a net margin of 6.57% compared to Ero Copper's net margin of 3.67%. Avino Silver & Gold Mines' return on equity of 12.13% beat Ero Copper's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Avino Silver & Gold Mines	6.57%	12.13%	10.16%
Ero Copper	3.67%	11.30%	5.62%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ASM or ERO?

Avino Silver & Gold Mines received 2 more outperform votes than Ero Copper when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 34.78% of users gave Avino Silver & Gold Mines an outperform vote while only 34.15% of users gave Ero Copper an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Avino Silver & Gold Mines	Outperform Votes 16 34.78%	Underperform Votes 30 65.22%
Ero Copper	Outperform Votes 14 34.15%	Underperform Votes 27 65.85%

Summary

Avino Silver & Gold Mines beats Ero Copper on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.