Analyzing Critical Metals (NASDAQ:CRML) & enCore Energy (NASDAQ:EU)

Critical Metals (NASDAQ:CRML) and enCore Energy (NASDAQ:EU) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

86.4% of Critical Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.9% of enCore Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 65.7% of Critical Metals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of enCore Energy shares are owned by 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.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Critical Metals and enCore Energy”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Critical Metals	N/A	N/A	-$51.87 million	N/A	N/A
enCore Energy	$58.33 million	8.53	-$61.39 million	($0.35)	-7.60

Critical Metals has higher earnings, but lower revenue than enCore Energy.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Critical Metals and enCore Energy, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Critical Metals	1	0	0	0	1.00
enCore Energy	1	1	1	1	2.50

enCore Energy has a consensus target price of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 50.38%. Given enCore Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe enCore Energy is more favorable than Critical Metals.

Profitability

This table compares Critical Metals and enCore Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Critical Metals	N/A	N/A	N/A
enCore Energy	-143.28%	-19.23%	-16.22%

Risk and Volatility

Critical Metals has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, enCore Energy has a beta of 1.97, meaning that its share price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500.

About Critical Metals

Critical Metals Corp. engages in the mining, exploration, and development of lithium metals. It owns Wolfsberg Project and Tanbreez Project. The company was founded on October 24, 2022 and is headquartered in British Virgin Islands.

About enCore Energy

enCore Energy Corp. engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of uranium resource properties in the United States. It holds a 100% interest in Crownpoint and Hosta Butte uranium project area covers 3,020 acres located in the Grants Uranium Belt, New Mexico. The company also holds interest in the Marquez-Juan Tafoya property comprises 14,582 acres located in McKinley and Sandoval counties of New Mexico; and the Nose Rock project comprising 42 owned unpatented lode mining claims comprising approximately 800 acres located in McKinley County, New Mexico. In addition, it holds interest in the White Canyon District and Utah property package, including the Geitus, Blue Jay, Marcy Look, and Cedar Mountain projects located to the northwest of the White Mesa Mill at Blanding County, Utah. Further, the company holds a 100% interest in Dewey Burdock project comprises approximately 12,613 surface acres and 16,962 net mineral acres located in South Dakota; Gas Hills project consists of approximately 1,280 surface acres and 12,960 net mineral acres of unpatented lode mining claims located in Wyoming; and West Largo project consist of approximately 3,840 acres located in McKinley County, New Mexico. Additionally, it holds a 100% interest in Ambrosia Lake – Treeline property consists of deeded mineral rights totaling 24,555 acres and unpatented mining claims covering approximately 1,700 acres; and Checkerboard mineral rights covering a land position of approximately 300,000 acres located in the Grants Uranium District. The company was formerly known as Wolfpack Gold Corp. and changed its name to enCore Energy Corp. in August 2014. enCore Energy Corp. is headquartered in Corpus Christi, Texas.