MP Materials (NYSE:MP – Get Rating) and Wealth Minerals (OTCMKTS:WMLLF – Get Rating) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares MP Materials and Wealth Minerals' gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

MP Materials has higher revenue and earnings than Wealth Minerals. Wealth Minerals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MP Materials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for MP Materials and Wealth Minerals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

MP Materials presently has a consensus target price of $47.39, suggesting a potential upside of 93.66%. Given MP Materials' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe MP Materials is more favorable than Wealth Minerals.

Profitability

This table compares MP Materials and Wealth Minerals' net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Risk & Volatility

MP Materials has a beta of 2.64, suggesting that its stock price is 164% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wealth Minerals has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

MP Materials beats Wealth Minerals on 12 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About MP Materials

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MP Materials Corp. owns and operates rare earth mining and processing facilities. It owns and operates the Mountain Pass Rare Earth mine located in the Western Hemisphere. The company holds the mineral rights to the Mountain Pass mine and surrounding areas, as well as intellectual property rights related to the processing and development of rare earth minerals. It offers cerium, lanthanum, neodymium, praseodymium, and samarium. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada.

About Wealth Minerals

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Wealth Minerals Ltd., a junior mineral resource exploration company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral properties in Chile, Canada, and Mexico. The company primarily explores for lithium, as well as for precious metal and copper deposits. It principally holds interests in the Atacama project that comprises 144 exploration concessions covering an area of approximately 46,200 hectares located in the Atacama Salar in Region II of Antofagasta, northern Chile. Wealth Minerals Ltd. is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

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