United States Antimony (UAMY) and Its Peers Critical Review

United States Antimony (NYSE:UAMY) is one of 1,988 public companies in the “Metals & Mining” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare United States Antimony to related companies based on the strength of its risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.

Volatility & Risk

United States Antimony has a beta of 0.39, indicating that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United States Antimony’s rivals have a beta of 0.99, indicating that their average stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares United States Antimony and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
United States Antimony	$39.26 million	-$4.34 million	-39.81
United States Antimony Competitors	$173.89 billion	$272.63 million	-24.87

United States Antimony’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than United States Antimony. United States Antimony is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares United States Antimony and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
United States Antimony	-44.60%	-5.29%	-4.86%
United States Antimony Competitors	-1,161,736,352,322,426,600.00%	-16.44%	-2.06%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for United States Antimony and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
United States Antimony	1	0	4	0	2.60
United States Antimony Competitors	6315	22397	32021	1767	2.47

United States Antimony presently has a consensus target price of $10.12, indicating a potential upside of 95.65%. As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies have a potential upside of 16.70%. Given United States Antimony’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe United States Antimony is more favorable than its rivals.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

9.5% of United States Antimony shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.2% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned by institutional investors. 5.5% of United States Antimony shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.6% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

United States Antimony rivals beat United States Antimony on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

United States Antimony Company Profile

United States Antimony Corporation produces and sells antimony, silver, gold, precious metals, and zeolite products in the United States, and Canada. It operates through Antimony, Zeolite, and Precious Metals segments. The company offers antimony oxide that is primarily used in conjunction with a halogen to form a synergistic flame retardant system for plastics, rubber, fiberglass, textile goods, paints, coatings, and paper, as well as color fastener in paints and as a phosphorescent agent in fluorescent light bulbs; antimony trisulfide used as a primer in ammunition; and antimony metal for use in bearings, storage batteries, and ordnance. The company also offers coarse and fine zeolite for soil amendment and fertilizer, water filtration, sewage treatment, nuclear waste and other environmental cleanup, odor control, gas separation, and animal nutrition applications, as well as in catalysts, petroleum refining, concrete, solar energy and heat exchange, desiccants, pellet binding, horse and kitty litter, and floor cleaners, as well as carriers for insecticides, pesticides, and herbicides. In addition, it recovers unrefined and refined gold and silver. United States Antimony Corporation was founded in 1968 and is based in Thompson Falls, Montana.