New Gold (NYSE:NGD) vs. Critical Metals (NASDAQ:CRML) Head-To-Head Comparison

Critical Metals (NASDAQ:CRML) and New Gold (NYSE:NGD) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation and earnings.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Critical Metals and New Gold”s top-line 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
New Gold	$810.80 million	2.86	-$64.50 million	($0.10)	-29.30

Critical Metals has higher earnings, but lower revenue than New Gold.

Profitability

This table compares Critical Metals and New Gold’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
New Gold	-2.53%	5.22%	2.03%

Risk & Volatility

Critical Metals has a beta of 0.08, indicating that its stock price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, New Gold has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

86.4% of Critical Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.8% of New Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 65.7% of Critical Metals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of New Gold shares are owned by company 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Critical Metals and New Gold, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Critical Metals	0	0	0	0	N/A
New Gold	0	2	3	2	3.00

New Gold has a consensus price target of $2.74, indicating a potential downside of 6.43%. Given New Gold’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe New Gold is more favorable than Critical Metals.

Summary

New Gold beats Critical Metals on 7 of the 11 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 New Gold

New Gold Inc., an intermediate gold mining company, develops and operates of mineral properties in Canada. It primarily explores for gold, silver, and copper deposits. The company’s principal operating properties include 100% interest in the Rainy River mine located in Northwestern Ontario, Canada; and New Afton project situated in South-Central British Columbia. New Gold Inc. is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.