Comparing Foremost Clean Energy (NASDAQ:FMST) and Pacific Booker Minerals (OTCMKTS:PBMLF)

Pacific Booker Minerals (OTCMKTS:PBMLF) and Foremost Clean Energy (NASDAQ:FMST) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, risk and analyst recommendations.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.1% of Foremost Clean Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 20.3% of Pacific Booker Minerals shares are held by insiders. 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 current ratings and target prices for Pacific Booker Minerals and Foremost Clean Energy, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pacific Booker Minerals	0	0	0	0	0.00
Foremost Clean Energy	1	0	0	0	1.00

Risk and Volatility

Pacific Booker Minerals has a beta of -1.04, meaning that its stock price is 204% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Foremost Clean Energy has a beta of 6.19, meaning that its stock price is 519% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Pacific Booker Minerals and Foremost Clean Energy”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pacific Booker Minerals	N/A	N/A	-$460,000.00	($0.04)	-15.13
Foremost Clean Energy	N/A	N/A	-$2.60 million	($0.39)	-6.13

Pacific Booker Minerals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Foremost Clean Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Pacific Booker Minerals and Foremost Clean Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pacific Booker Minerals	N/A	N/A	-108.55%
Foremost Clean Energy	N/A	-17.94%	-16.19%

Summary

Foremost Clean Energy beats Pacific Booker Minerals on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Pacific Booker Minerals

Pacific Booker Minerals Inc. engages in the exploration of mineral properties in Canada. The company primarily explores for copper, gold, and molybdenum deposits. It holds interests in the Morrison property located in British Columbia. The company was formerly known as Booker Gold Explorations Limited and changed its name to Pacific Booker Minerals Inc. in February 2000. Pacific Booker Minerals Inc. was incorporated in 1983 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

About Foremost Clean Energy

Foremost Clean Energy Ltd. engages in uranium and lithium exploration. Its uranium properties include the Eastern Athabasca and Blue Sky projects. The firm also maintains a secondary portfolio of lithium projects including Zoro, Jean Lake, Peg North, Grass River, and Jol. It operates through the Canada and United States geographical segments. The company was founded on July 7, 2005 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.