Avino Silver & Gold Mines (ASM) Competitors

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

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 3.45%. Avino Silver & Gold Mines' return on equity of 3.24% beat Ero Copper's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Avino Silver & Gold Mines	6.57%	3.24%	2.03%
Ero Copper	3.45%	2.24%	3.46%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ASM or ERO?

Ero Copper received 222 more outperform votes than Avino Silver & Gold Mines when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Avino Silver & Gold Mines an outperform vote while only 53.08% of users gave Ero Copper an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Avino Silver & Gold Mines	Outperform Votes 11 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Ero Copper	Outperform Votes 233 53.08%	Underperform Votes 206 46.92%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ASM or ERO?

7.6% of Avino Silver & Gold Mines shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.3% of Ero Copper shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Avino Silver & Gold Mines shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.4% of Ero Copper shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate ASM or ERO?

Ero Copper has a consensus target price of C$29.83, suggesting a potential upside of 97.31%. Given Ero Copper's higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00
Ero Copper	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media refer more to ASM or ERO?

In the previous week, Ero Copper had 14 more articles in the media than Avino Silver & Gold Mines. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Ero Copper and 3 mentions for Avino Silver & Gold Mines. Avino Silver & Gold Mines' average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Ero Copper's score of 0.37 indicating that Avino Silver & Gold Mines is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Avino Silver & Gold Mines	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ero Copper	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, ASM or ERO?

Avino Silver & Gold Mines has a beta of 2.02, suggesting that its stock price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ero Copper has a beta of 1.98, suggesting that its stock price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger 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	C$39.79M	6.93	C$2.62M	C$0.04	74.14
Ero Copper	C$315.28M	3.36	C$10.88M	C$0.23	66.14

Summary

Ero Copper beats Avino Silver & Gold Mines on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.