Contrasting Avino Silver & Gold Mines (NYSE:ASM) & Critical Metals (NASDAQ:CRML)

Critical Metals (NASDAQ:CRML) and Avino Silver & Gold Mines (NYSE:ASM) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Volatility & Risk

Critical Metals has a beta of 0.09, indicating that its share price is 91% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avino Silver & Gold Mines has a beta of 1.99, indicating that its share price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Critical Metals and Avino Silver & Gold Mines, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Critical Metals	0	0	0	0	N/A
Avino Silver & Gold Mines	0	0	2	0	3.00

Avino Silver & Gold Mines has a consensus target price of $1.55, indicating a potential upside of 51.96%. Given Avino Silver & Gold Mines’ higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Avino Silver & Gold Mines is more favorable than Critical Metals.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Critical Metals and Avino Silver & Gold Mines”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	-$100,000.00	N/A	N/A
Avino Silver & Gold Mines	$52.03 million	2.64	$540,000.00	N/A	N/A

Avino Silver & Gold Mines has higher revenue and earnings than Critical Metals.

Profitability

This table compares Critical Metals and Avino Silver & Gold Mines’ 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
Avino Silver & Gold Mines	3.07%	9.26%	7.72%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

86.4% of Critical Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.1% of Avino Silver & Gold Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. 65.7% of Critical Metals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Avino Silver & Gold Mines shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Avino Silver & Gold Mines beats Critical Metals on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Critical Metals

Sizzle Acquisition Corp. is a blank check company. It intends to effect a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or related business combination with one or more businesses. Sizzle Acquisition Corp. is based in Washington, the District of Columbia.

About Avino Silver & Gold Mines

Avino Silver & Gold Mines Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and advancement of mineral properties in Canada. It primarily explores for silver, gold, and copper deposits. The company owns interests in 42 mineral claims and four leased mineral claims, including Avino mine area property comprising four exploration concessions covering 154.4 hectares, 24 exploitation concessions covering 1,284.7 hectares, and one leased exploitation concession covering 98.83 hectares; Gomez Palacio property consists of nine exploration concessions covering 2,549 hectares; and Unification La Platosa properties, which include three leased concessions located in the state of Durango, Mexico. It also owns 100% interests in the Minto and Olympic-Kelvin properties located in British Columbia, Canada; and 14 quartz leases in Eagle property located in the Mayo Mining Division of Yukon, Canada. The company was incorporated in 1968 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.