Reviewing Sigma Lithium (NASDAQ:SGML) and Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. (NYSE:BVN)

Sigma Lithium (NASDAQ:SGML) and Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. (NYSE:BVN) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Sigma Lithium and Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A., as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sigma Lithium	0	0	2	0	3.00
Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.	1	0	1	0	2.00

Sigma Lithium currently has a consensus price target of $24.50, indicating a potential upside of 80.28%. Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. has a consensus price target of $16.50, indicating a potential upside of 33.93%. Given Sigma Lithium’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Sigma Lithium is more favorable than Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A..

Risk and Volatility

Sigma Lithium has a beta of 0.16, suggesting that its share price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Sigma Lithium and Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sigma Lithium	$294.50 million	5.13	-$28.33 million	$0.09	151.00
Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.	$823.84 million	N/A	$19.85 million	$1.41	8.74

Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. has higher revenue and earnings than Sigma Lithium. Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sigma Lithium, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Sigma Lithium and Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sigma Lithium	4.28%	6.18%	2.41%
Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.	32.40%	6.30%	4.46%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

64.9% of Sigma Lithium shares are held by institutional investors. 48.6% of Sigma Lithium shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.3% of Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. beats Sigma Lithium on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Sigma Lithium

Sigma Lithium Corporation engages in the exploration and development of lithium deposits in Brazil. It holds a 100% interest in the Grota do Cirilo, Genipapo, Santa Clara, and São José properties comprising 29 mineral rights covering an area of approximately 185 square kilometers located in the Araçuaí and Itinga regions of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It serves electric vehicle industries worldwide. The company was formerly known as Sigma Lithium Resources Corporation and changed its name to Sigma Lithium Corporation in July 2021. The company is headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil.

About Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.

Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. engages in the exploration, development, construction, and operation of mineral processing business. The company explores for gold, silver, lead, zinc, and copper metals. It operates operating mining units, including Tambomayo located in the Caylloma province, Orcopampa Unit located in the province of Castilla, Uchucchacua located in province of Oyón, Julcani located in province of Angaraes, Peru, as well as San Gabrie located in the province of General Sánchez Cerro, in the Moquegua region. The company owns interests in Colquijirca, La Zanja, Cerro Verde, El Brocal, Coimolache, Yumpaq, San Gregorio mines, and Trapiche mining unit. In addition, it produces monohydrate manganese sulphate; and operates hydroelectric power plants. Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. was incorporated in 1953 and is based in Lima, Peru.