Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais (OTCMKTS:USNZY – Get Free Report) and United States Antimony (NYSE:UAMY – Get Free Report) are both small-cap materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Profitability
This table compares Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais and United States Antimony’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais | -8.87% | 5.49% | 3.68% |
| United States Antimony | -44.60% | -5.29% | -4.86% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais and United States Antimony, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
| United States Antimony | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2.60 |
Volatility & Risk
Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United States Antimony has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
9.5% of United States Antimony shares are held by institutional investors. 5.5% of United States Antimony shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais and United States Antimony”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais | $4.70 billion | 0.17 | -$551.30 million | ($0.34) | -4.41 |
| United States Antimony | $39.26 million | 18.62 | -$4.34 million | ($0.13) | -37.56 |
United States Antimony has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais. United States Antimony is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
United States Antimony beats Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais
Usinas Siderúrgicas de Minas Gerais S.A. manufactures and markets flat steel products in Brazil and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Mining and Logistics, Steel Metallurgy, and Steel Transformation. It extracts and process iron ore, such as pellet and sinter feed and, granulated iron ore; provides storage, handling, and road cargo transportation services; and operates highway and railway cargo terminals. It also manufactures and sells steel products; manufactures and installs equipment for various industries; and transforms cold-rolled coils into hot-dip galvanized coils. In addition, the company provides technology transfer services for steel industry; project management and services for civil construction and capital goods industry; road transportation of flat steel; and texturing and chrome plating of cylinders. It serves automotive, construction, distribution, energy, white line, oil and gas, and machines and equipment markets. Usinas Siderúrgicas de Minas Gerais S.A. was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
About United States Antimony
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.
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