Steppe Gold (STGO) Competitors

ATEX Resources (CVE:ATX) and Steppe Gold (TSE:STGO) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.

Do analysts rate ATX or STGO?

ATEX Resources presently has a consensus price target of C$2.50, suggesting a potential upside of 20.77%. Given ATEX Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ATEX Resources is more favorable than Steppe Gold.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ATEX Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Steppe Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has higher earnings and valuation, ATX or STGO?

Steppe Gold has higher revenue and earnings than ATEX Resources. Steppe Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ATEX 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
ATEX Resources	C$47.23K	12,233.92	-C$40.50M	-C$0.14	-14.43
Steppe Gold	C$118.05M	1.28	-C$7.39M	-C$0.06	-14.76

Which has more volatility and risk, ATX or STGO?

ATEX Resources has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Steppe Gold has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ATX or STGO more profitable?

Steppe Gold has a net margin of -6.26% compared to ATEX Resources' net margin of -85,759.84%. ATEX Resources' return on equity of 477.52% beat Steppe Gold's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ATEX Resources	-85,759.84%	477.52%	-82.24%
Steppe Gold	-6.26%	-8.00%	10.43%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ATX or STGO?

Steppe Gold received 9 more outperform votes than ATEX Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 88.89% of users gave Steppe Gold an outperform vote while only 70.00% of users gave ATEX Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ATEX Resources	Outperform Votes 7 70.00%	Underperform Votes 3 30.00%
Steppe Gold	Outperform Votes 16 88.89%	Underperform Votes 2 11.11%

Does the media prefer ATX or STGO?

In the previous week, ATEX Resources had 1 more articles in the media than Steppe Gold. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for ATEX Resources and 1 mentions for Steppe Gold. Steppe Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat ATEX Resources' score of 0.00 indicating that Steppe Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ATEX Resources	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Steppe Gold	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ATX or STGO?

13.4% of ATEX Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.4% of Steppe Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.5% of ATEX Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 23.7% of Steppe Gold shares are owned by 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.

Summary

Steppe Gold beats ATEX Resources on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.