WWR vs. ASM, NB, USAU, BVN, LZM, NEXA, BHP, SCCO, RIO, and FCX
Should you be buying Westwater Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Westwater Resources include Avino Silver & Gold Mines (ASM), NioCorp Developments (NB), U.S. Gold (USAU), Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. (BVN), Lifezone Metals (LZM), Nexa Resources (NEXA), BHP Group (BHP), Southern Copper (SCCO), Rio Tinto Group (RIO), and Freeport-McMoRan (FCX). These companies are all part of the "metal mining" industry.
Avino Silver & Gold Mines (NYSE:ASM) and Westwater Resources (NASDAQ:WWR) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.
Avino Silver & Gold Mines has higher revenue and earnings than Westwater Resources.
Avino Silver & Gold Mines has a beta of 2.08, indicating that its share price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Westwater Resources has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Avino Silver & Gold Mines and Avino Silver & Gold Mines both had 1 articles in the media. Westwater Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Avino Silver & Gold Mines' score of 0.00 indicating that Avino Silver & Gold Mines is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Avino Silver & Gold Mines has a net margin of 3.21% compared to Avino Silver & Gold Mines' net margin of 0.00%. Westwater Resources' return on equity of 5.39% beat Avino Silver & Gold Mines' return on equity.
Westwater Resources received 333 more outperform votes than Avino Silver & Gold Mines when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.44% of users gave Westwater Resources an outperform vote while only 16.67% of users gave Avino Silver & Gold Mines an outperform vote.
Avino Silver & Gold Mines currently has a consensus price target of $1.30, indicating a potential upside of 31.71%. Given Westwater Resources' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Avino Silver & Gold Mines is more favorable than Westwater Resources.
3.1% of Avino Silver & Gold Mines shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.7% of Westwater Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of Avino Silver & Gold Mines shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Westwater Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Avino Silver & Gold Mines beats Westwater Resources on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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