Financial Contrast: Almonty Industries (NASDAQ:ALM) versus Reflex Advanced Materials (OTCMKTS:RFLXF)

Reflex Advanced Materials (OTCMKTS:RFLXF) and Almonty Industries (NASDAQ:ALM) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares Reflex Advanced Materials and Almonty Industries’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Reflex Advanced Materials	N/A	N/A	N/A
Almonty Industries	-213.60%	-141.19%	-11.28%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.9% of Reflex Advanced Materials shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Reflex Advanced Materials and Almonty Industries, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Reflex Advanced Materials	0	0	0	0	0.00
Almonty Industries	1	0	3	0	2.50

Almonty Industries has a consensus price target of $10.17, suggesting a potential upside of 27.40%. Given Almonty Industries’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Almonty Industries is more favorable than Reflex Advanced Materials.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Reflex Advanced Materials and Almonty Industries”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Reflex Advanced Materials	N/A	N/A	N/A	($0.01)	-11.59
Almonty Industries	$21.05 million	96.12	-$11.89 million	($0.23)	-34.70

Reflex Advanced Materials has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Almonty Industries. Almonty Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Reflex Advanced Materials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Reflex Advanced Materials beats Almonty Industries on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Reflex Advanced Materials

Reflex Advanced Materials Corp., a mineral exploration company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and evaluation of resource properties in Canada. It has an option agreement to acquire 100% interests in the Ruby Graphite project covering approximately 2,000 acres and 96 federal lode mining claims located in Beaverhead County, Montana. The company was formerly known as Freedom Battery Metals Inc. and changed its name to Reflex Advanced Materials Corp. in October 2022. The company was incorporated in 2021 and is based in Vancouver, Canada.

About Almonty Industries

Almonty Industries Inc. is a producer of tungsten concentrate. The Company is currently mining, processing and shipping tungsten concentrate from its Panasqueira Mine in Portugal. Almonty Industries Inc. is based in TORONTO.