Amerigo Resources (ARG) Competitors

Atalaya Mining (TSE:AYM) and Amerigo Resources (TSE:ARG) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and valuation.

Is AYM or ARG more profitable?

Atalaya Mining has a net margin of 14.60% compared to Amerigo Resources' net margin of 8.12%. Amerigo Resources' return on equity of 19.29% beat Atalaya Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Atalaya Mining	14.60%	11.16%	5.25%
Amerigo Resources	8.12%	19.29%	6.07%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AYM or ARG?

Amerigo Resources received 87 more outperform votes than Atalaya Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.08% of users gave Amerigo Resources an outperform vote while only 62.10% of users gave Atalaya Mining an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Atalaya Mining	Outperform Votes 77 62.10%	Underperform Votes 47 37.90%
Amerigo Resources	Outperform Votes 164 65.08%	Underperform Votes 88 34.92%

Which has more risk & volatility, AYM or ARG?

Atalaya Mining has a beta of 1.73, meaning that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amerigo Resources has a beta of 3.11, meaning that its stock price is 211% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AYM or ARG a better dividend stock?

Atalaya Mining pays an annual dividend of C$0.55 per share. Amerigo Resources pays an annual dividend of C$0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Atalaya Mining pays out 101.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Amerigo Resources pays out 67.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Amerigo Resources is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of AYM or ARG?

50.6% of Atalaya Mining shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.5% of Amerigo Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 22.9% of Atalaya Mining shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.0% of Amerigo Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, AYM or ARG?

Atalaya Mining has higher revenue and earnings than Amerigo Resources. Atalaya Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amerigo Resources, 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
Atalaya Mining	C$363.40M	0.00	C$53.05M	C$0.54	N/A
Amerigo Resources	C$176.93M	1.15	C$14.37M	C$0.18	9.92

Do analysts rate AYM or ARG?

Given Atalaya Mining's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Atalaya Mining is more favorable than Amerigo Resources.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Atalaya Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Amerigo Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00

Does the media favor AYM or ARG?

In the previous week, Amerigo Resources had 1 more articles in the media than Atalaya Mining. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Amerigo Resources and 0 mentions for Atalaya Mining. Amerigo Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Atalaya Mining's score of 0.00 indicating that Amerigo Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Atalaya Mining	Neutral
Amerigo Resources	Positive

Summary

Amerigo Resources beats Atalaya Mining on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.