Head-To-Head Review: Impala Platinum (OTCMKTS:IMPUY) & Western Uranium (OTCMKTS:WSTRF)

Impala Platinum (OTCMKTS:IMPUY) and Western Uranium (OTCMKTS:WSTRF) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Impala Platinum and Western Uranium, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Impala Platinum	0	0	2	1	3.33
Western Uranium	0	0	0	0	0.00

Impala Platinum presently has a consensus target price of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.88%. Given Impala Platinum’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Impala Platinum is more favorable than Western Uranium.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Impala Platinum and Western Uranium”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Impala Platinum	$4.71 billion	4.22	$41.85 million	N/A	N/A
Western Uranium	$180,000.00	224.85	-$10.11 million	($0.13)	-4.33

Impala Platinum has higher revenue and earnings than Western Uranium.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

14.4% of Western Uranium shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.7% of Western Uranium shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Impala Platinum and Western Uranium’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Impala Platinum	N/A	N/A	N/A
Western Uranium	-1,944.85%	-29.80%	-26.04%

Risk & Volatility

Impala Platinum has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Uranium has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Impala Platinum beats Western Uranium on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Impala Platinum

Impala Platinum Holdings Limited engages in the mining, processing, concentrating, refining, and sale of platinum group metals (PGMs) and associated base metals. The company produces platinum, palladium, rhodium, nickel, and by-products, as well as ruthenium, iridium, and gold. It has operations on the PGM-bearing orebodies, including the Bushveld Complex located in South Africa; and the Great Dyke situated in Zimbabwe, as well as the Canadian Shield. The company markets and sells its products in South Africa, Japan, China, the United States, and Europe. Impala Platinum Holdings Limited was incorporated in 1957 and is based in Sandton, South Africa.

About Western Uranium

Western Uranium & Vanadium Corp. engages in exploring, developing, mining, and production of uranium and vanadium resource properties in the United States. The company holds interests in the San Rafael uranium project located in Emery County, Utah; the Sunday Mine Complex situated in western San Miguel County, Colorado; the Van 4 mine located in western Montrose County, Colorado; the Sage mine project situated in San Juan County, Utah, and San Miguel County, Colorado; and the Dunn Project located in San Juan County, Utah. It also has interests in the Hansen, North Hansen, High Park, and Hansen Picnic Tree projects located in Fremont and Teller Counties, Colorado; the Keota uranium project situated in Weld County, Colorado; and the Ferris Haggerty project located in Carbon County, Wyoming. The company was formerly known as Western Uranium Corporation and changed its name to Western Uranium & Vanadium Corp. in October 2018. Western Uranium & Vanadium Corp. is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.