Critical Comparison: FAT Brands (NASDAQ:FAT) and United States Antimony (NYSE:UAMY)

United States Antimony (NYSE:UAMY) and FAT Brands (NASDAQ:FAT) are both small-cap materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for United States Antimony and FAT Brands, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
United States Antimony	1	0	4	0	2.60
FAT Brands	1	2	0	0	1.67

United States Antimony presently has a consensus target price of $10.12, indicating a potential upside of 124.95%. Given United States Antimony’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe United States Antimony is more favorable than FAT Brands.

Risk and Volatility

United States Antimony has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FAT Brands has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares United States Antimony and FAT Brands’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
United States Antimony	-44.60%	-5.29%	-4.86%
FAT Brands	-39.33%	N/A	-17.99%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares United States Antimony and FAT Brands”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
United States Antimony	$36.44 million	18.49	-$4.34 million	($0.13)	-34.62
FAT Brands	$574.14 million	0.01	-$189.85 million	($13.35)	-0.01

United States Antimony has higher earnings, but lower revenue than FAT Brands. United States Antimony is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FAT Brands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

9.5% of United States Antimony shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.9% of FAT Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 5.5% of United States Antimony shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.7% of FAT Brands shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

United States Antimony beats FAT Brands on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About FAT Brands

FAT Brands Inc., a multi-brand restaurant franchising company, acquires, develops, markets, and manages quick service, fast casual, casual dining, and polished casual dining restaurant concepts worldwide. It owns restaurant brands, including Round Table Pizza, Marble Slab Creamery, Great American Cookies, Hot Dog on a Stick, Pretzelmaker, Fazoli's, Fatburger, Johnny Rockets, Elevation Burger, Yalla Mediterranean, Buffalo's Cafe and Buffalo's Express, Hurricane Grill & Wings, Ponderosa Steakhouse/Bonanza Steakhouse, Native Grill & Wings, Smokey Bones, and Twin Peaks. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. FAT Brands Inc. is a subsidiary of Fog Cutter Holdings, LLC.