Critical Metals (NASDAQ:CRML) and Hudbay Minerals (NYSE:HBM) Head to Head Review

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

Insider & Institutional Ownership

57.8% of Hudbay Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.4% of Critical Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Hudbay Minerals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 65.7% of Critical Metals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Hudbay Minerals and Critical Metals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hudbay Minerals	4.23%	7.68%	3.37%
Critical Metals	N/A	N/A	N/A

Volatility and Risk

Hudbay Minerals has a beta of 1.78, indicating that its share price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Critical Metals has a beta of 0.12, indicating that its share price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Hudbay Minerals and Critical Metals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hudbay Minerals	0	0	4	2	3.33
Critical Metals	0	0	0	0	0.00

Hudbay Minerals presently has a consensus target price of $11.17, suggesting a potential upside of 25.68%. Given Hudbay Minerals’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Hudbay Minerals is more favorable than Critical Metals.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Hudbay Minerals and Critical Metals”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hudbay Minerals	$1.69 billion	2.07	$66.37 million	$0.23	38.63
Critical Metals	N/A	N/A	-$147.49 million	N/A	N/A

Hudbay Minerals has higher revenue and earnings than Critical Metals.

Summary

Hudbay Minerals beats Critical Metals on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Hudbay Minerals

Hudbay Minerals Inc., a diversified mining company, focuses on the exploration, development, operation, and optimization of properties in North and South America. It produces copper concentrates containing gold, silver, and molybdenum; gold concentrates containing zinc; zinc concentrates; molybdenum concentrates; and silver/gold doré. The company's flagship project is the 100% owned Constancia mine located in the Province of Chumbivilcas in southern Peru. Hudbay Minerals Inc. was founded in 1927 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

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.