Aya Gold & Silver (AYA) Competitors

Aya Gold & Silver (TSE:AYA) and Osisko Mining (TSE:OSK) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, AYA or OSK?

Aya Gold & Silver has higher revenue and earnings than Osisko Mining. Osisko Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aya Gold & Silver, 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
Aya Gold & Silver	C$41.54M	41.67	C$9.27M	C$0.09	147.44
Osisko Mining	N/A	N/A	-C$5.04M	-C$0.01	N/A

Does the media refer more to AYA or OSK?

In the previous week, Aya Gold & Silver had 17 more articles in the media than Osisko Mining. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Aya Gold & Silver and 0 mentions for Osisko Mining. Osisko Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Aya Gold & Silver's score of -0.23 indicating that Osisko Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Aya Gold & Silver	Neutral
Osisko Mining	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AYA or OSK?

Osisko Mining received 231 more outperform votes than Aya Gold & Silver when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.53% of users gave Osisko Mining an outperform vote while only 60.29% of users gave Aya Gold & Silver an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Aya Gold & Silver	Outperform Votes 41 60.29%	Underperform Votes 27 39.71%
Osisko Mining	Outperform Votes 272 62.53%	Underperform Votes 163 37.47%

Do analysts rate AYA or OSK?

Aya Gold & Silver presently has a consensus target price of C$21.50, indicating a potential upside of 62.02%. Osisko Mining has a consensus target price of C$4.90, indicating a potential upside of 0.00%. Given Aya Gold & Silver's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Aya Gold & Silver is more favorable than Osisko Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aya Gold & Silver	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Osisko Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of AYA or OSK?

44.1% of Aya Gold & Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.9% of Osisko Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.2% of Aya Gold & Silver shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Osisko Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is AYA or OSK more profitable?

Aya Gold & Silver has a net margin of 22.31% compared to Osisko Mining's net margin of 0.00%. Aya Gold & Silver's return on equity of 3.70% beat Osisko Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aya Gold & Silver	22.31%	3.70%	0.69%
Osisko Mining	N/A	-0.51%	-0.98%

Which has more risk & volatility, AYA or OSK?

Aya Gold & Silver has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Osisko Mining has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Aya Gold & Silver beats Osisko Mining on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.