Orvana Minerals (ORV) Competitors

Aurion Resources (CVE:AU) and Orvana Minerals (TSE:ORV) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in AU or ORV?

22.9% of Aurion Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 12.3% of Aurion Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 52.0% of Orvana Minerals shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AU or ORV?

Orvana Minerals received 78 more outperform votes than Aurion Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.43% of users gave Orvana Minerals an outperform vote while only 72.41% of users gave Aurion Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Aurion Resources	Outperform Votes 42 72.41%	Underperform Votes 16 27.59%
Orvana Minerals	Outperform Votes 120 78.43%	Underperform Votes 33 21.57%

Does the media prefer AU or ORV?

In the previous week, Aurion Resources had 6 more articles in the media than Orvana Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Aurion Resources and 0 mentions for Orvana Minerals. Aurion Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Orvana Minerals' score of 0.00 indicating that Aurion Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Aurion Resources	Positive
Orvana Minerals	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, AU or ORV?

Aurion Resources has a beta of 1.81, indicating that its stock price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Orvana Minerals has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AU or ORV more profitable?

Orvana Minerals has a net margin of 0.89% compared to Aurion Resources' net margin of 0.00%. Orvana Minerals' return on equity of 1.50% beat Aurion Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aurion Resources	N/A	-9.56%	-3.68%
Orvana Minerals	0.89%	1.50%	2.20%

Which has better valuation and earnings, AU or ORV?

Orvana Minerals has higher revenue and earnings than Aurion Resources.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aurion Resources	-C$2.05K	-45,778.77	-C$6.11M	-C$0.05	-12.60
Orvana Minerals	C$91.32M	0.40	-C$2.45M	N/A	N/A

Summary

Orvana Minerals beats Aurion Resources on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.