SAU vs. ALS, AFM, MDI, SLI, NDM, LAC, POM, NOU, AMC, and FWZ
Should you be buying St. Augustine Gold and Copper stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of St. Augustine Gold and Copper include Altius Minerals (ALS), Alphamin Resources (AFM), Major Drilling Group International (MDI), Standard Lithium (SLI), Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM), Lithium Americas (LAC), PolyMet Mining (POM), Nouveau Monde Graphite (NOU), Arizona Metals (AMC), and Fireweed Metals (FWZ). These companies are all part of the "other industrial metals & mining" industry.
St. Augustine Gold and Copper vs. Its Competitors
St. Augustine Gold and Copper (TSE:SAU) and Altius Minerals (TSE:ALS) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Altius Minerals has a net margin of 31.13% compared to St. Augustine Gold and Copper's net margin of 0.00%. Altius Minerals' return on equity of 2.80% beat St. Augustine Gold and Copper's return on equity.
Altius Minerals has a consensus target price of C$31.83, indicating a potential upside of 9.17%. Given Altius Minerals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Altius Minerals is more favorable than St. Augustine Gold and Copper.
Altius Minerals has higher revenue and earnings than St. Augustine Gold and Copper. Altius Minerals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than St. Augustine Gold and Copper, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
0.9% of St. Augustine Gold and Copper shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.5% of Altius Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. 61.3% of St. Augustine Gold and Copper shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.0% of Altius Minerals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
St. Augustine Gold and Copper has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Altius Minerals has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Altius Minerals had 32 more articles in the media than St. Augustine Gold and Copper. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Altius Minerals and 0 mentions for St. Augustine Gold and Copper. Altius Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat St. Augustine Gold and Copper's score of 0.00 indicating that Altius Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Altius Minerals beats St. Augustine Gold and Copper on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:SAU) was last updated on 8/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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