New Gold (NYSE:NGD) and Critical Metals (NASDAQ:CRML) Head to Head Review

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

Profitability

This table compares New Gold and Critical Metals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
New Gold	-2.53%	5.22%	2.03%
Critical Metals	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for New Gold and Critical Metals, as reported by MarketBeat.

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

New Gold currently has a consensus price target of $3.08, indicating a potential upside of 6.02%. Given New Gold’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe New Gold is more favorable than Critical Metals.

Risk & Volatility

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

Institutional & Insider Ownership

42.8% of New Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.4% of Critical Metals shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of New Gold shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 65.7% of Critical Metals shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares New Gold and Critical Metals”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
New Gold	$810.80 million	2.83	-$64.50 million	($0.10)	-29.05
Critical Metals	N/A	N/A	-$100,000.00	N/A	N/A

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

Summary

New Gold beats Critical Metals on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

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.