Metals Acquisition (MTAL) Competitors $10.76 -0.50 (-4.40%) Closing price 02/21/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$10.76 -0.01 (-0.09%) As of 02/21/2025 06:44 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsFinancialsHeadlinesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends MTAL vs. AESI, NGD, LEU, ERO, SGML, UUUU, NEXA, LAC, TMC, and EUShould you be buying Metals Acquisition stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Metals Acquisition include Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI), New Gold (NGD), Centrus Energy (LEU), Ero Copper (ERO), Sigma Lithium (SGML), Energy Fuels (UUUU), Nexa Resources (NEXA), Lithium Americas (LAC), TMC the metals (TMC), and enCore Energy (EU). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry. Metals Acquisition vs. Atlas Energy Solutions New Gold Centrus Energy Ero Copper Sigma Lithium Energy Fuels Nexa Resources Lithium Americas TMC the metals enCore Energy Metals Acquisition (NYSE:MTAL) and Atlas Energy Solutions (NYSE:AESI) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends. Do institutionals and insiders believe in MTAL or AESI? 87.5% of Metals Acquisition shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.6% of Atlas Energy Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Metals Acquisition shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.3% of Atlas Energy Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Does the media refer more to MTAL or AESI? In the previous week, Atlas Energy Solutions had 12 more articles in the media than Metals Acquisition. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Atlas Energy Solutions and 0 mentions for Metals Acquisition. Atlas Energy Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Metals Acquisition's score of 0.00 indicating that Atlas Energy Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment Metals Acquisition Neutral Atlas Energy Solutions Positive Which has higher valuation and earnings, MTAL or AESI? Atlas Energy Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Metals Acquisition. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioMetals Acquisition$159M5.01-$144.55MN/AN/AAtlas Energy Solutions$613.96M3.70$105.43M$0.7926.08 Do analysts prefer MTAL or AESI? Metals Acquisition presently has a consensus price target of $14.75, indicating a potential upside of 37.02%. Atlas Energy Solutions has a consensus price target of $25.50, indicating a potential upside of 23.76%. Given Metals Acquisition's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Metals Acquisition is more favorable than Atlas Energy Solutions.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Metals Acquisition 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.50Atlas Energy Solutions 0 Sell rating(s) 6 Hold rating(s) 5 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.58 Which has more volatility and risk, MTAL or AESI? Metals Acquisition has a beta of 0.15, indicating that its stock price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atlas Energy Solutions has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MTAL or AESI? Atlas Energy Solutions received 24 more outperform votes than Metals Acquisition when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.74% of users gave Atlas Energy Solutions an outperform vote while only 75.00% of users gave Metals Acquisition an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformMetals AcquisitionOutperform Votes975.00% Underperform Votes325.00% Atlas Energy SolutionsOutperform Votes3376.74% Underperform Votes1023.26% Is MTAL or AESI more profitable? Atlas Energy Solutions has a net margin of 8.78% compared to Metals Acquisition's net margin of 0.00%. Atlas Energy Solutions' return on equity of 11.01% beat Metals Acquisition's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Metals AcquisitionN/A N/A N/A Atlas Energy Solutions 8.78%11.01%6.22% SummaryAtlas Energy Solutions beats Metals Acquisition on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Metals Acquisition News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for MTAL and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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.Skip Chart MTAL vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricMetals AcquisitionMetal mining IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$797.36M$7.21B$3.12B$20.04BDividend YieldN/A3.93%5.15%3.65%P/E RatioN/A8.78103.9834.90Price / Sales5.0159.8925,886,820,843,820,000.0015.61Price / CashN/A21.4724.3720.85Price / Book2.023.474.934.92Net Income-$144.55M$605.28M$152.38M$1.02B7 Day Performance-5.53%-2.53%-0.57%-1.05%1 Month Performance-2.76%2.21%2.32%-1.40%1 Year Performance-13.53%31.55%33.03%13.93% Metals Acquisition Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)MTALMetals Acquisition2.5265 of 5 stars$10.77-4.4%$14.75+37.0%-13.5%$797.36M$159M0.002,021AESIAtlas Energy Solutions4.1022 of 5 stars$21.85+3.7%$25.50+16.7%+12.4%$2.41B$613.96M27.65490Upcoming EarningsDividend IncreasePositive NewsNGDNew Gold3.6754 of 5 stars$2.91-4.0%$3.60+23.7%N/A$2.30B$861.50M145.501,570News CoverageLEUCentrus Energy1.0393 of 5 stars$113.99-3.2%$92.00-19.3%+129.4%$1.87B$442M25.85280Positive NewsEROEro Copper2.9107 of 5 stars$14.47+2.3%$26.33+82.0%-21.1%$1.50B$427.48M85.093,374Analyst RevisionHigh Trading VolumeSGMLSigma Lithium2.2692 of 5 stars$11.29-0.4%$18.00+59.4%-9.5%$1.26B$192.85M-23.52250Positive NewsUUUUEnergy FuelsN/A$4.80-4.6%$8.50+77.1%N/A$953.71M$37.93M-21.82100NEXANexa Resources3.6734 of 5 stars$5.56-0.4%$7.16+28.8%-19.7%$736.37M$2.57B-3.685,771Earnings ReportNews CoverageLACLithium Americas1.3541 of 5 stars$3.02-3.7%$5.51+82.8%-31.7%$665.35MN/A-25.13749News CoverageTMCTMC the metals2.3923 of 5 stars$1.88+1.1%$3.88+106.1%+59.3%$609.61MN/A-6.0630Options VolumeNews CoverageEUenCore Energy2.029 of 5 stars$2.80-2.4%$6.50+132.1%-37.9%$521.14MN/A-10.00N/A Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Atlas Energy Solutions Alternatives New Gold Alternatives Centrus Energy Alternatives Ero Copper Alternatives Sigma Lithium Alternatives Energy Fuels Alternatives Nexa Resources Alternatives Lithium Americas Alternatives TMC the metals Alternatives enCore Energy Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NYSE:MTAL) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersSecret financial plot unfolding in Washington DC… [DEVELOPING]What stocks are next up to soar in 2025? 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