Head to Head Review: Century Aluminum (NASDAQ:CENX) & Avino Silver & Gold Mines (NYSE:ASM)

Avino Silver & Gold Mines (NYSE:ASM) and Century Aluminum (NASDAQ:CENX) are both materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, dividends, valuation and earnings.

Volatility and Risk

Avino Silver & Gold Mines has a beta of 1.79, indicating that its share price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Century Aluminum has a beta of 2.07, indicating that its share price is 107% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

3.1% of Avino Silver & Gold Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.6% of Century Aluminum shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of Avino Silver & Gold Mines shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Century Aluminum shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Avino Silver & Gold Mines and Century Aluminum, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Avino Silver & Gold Mines	0	2	3	0	2.60
Century Aluminum	1	1	4	0	2.50

Avino Silver & Gold Mines currently has a consensus target price of $8.92, indicating a potential upside of 60.66%. Century Aluminum has a consensus target price of $70.75, indicating a potential upside of 92.46%. Given Century Aluminum’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Century Aluminum is more favorable than Avino Silver & Gold Mines.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Avino Silver & Gold Mines and Century Aluminum”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Avino Silver & Gold Mines	$117.81 million	8.00	$540,000.00	$0.26	21.35
Century Aluminum	$2.67 billion	1.36	$41.80 million	$5.79	6.35

Century Aluminum has higher revenue and earnings than Avino Silver & Gold Mines. Century Aluminum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Avino Silver & Gold Mines, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Avino Silver & Gold Mines and Century Aluminum’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Avino Silver & Gold Mines	6.57%	12.13%	10.16%
Century Aluminum	22.63%	33.83%	15.14%

Summary

Century Aluminum beats Avino Silver & Gold Mines on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Avino Silver & Gold Mines

Avino Silver & Gold Mines Ltd. engages in the mining and exploration activities. It focuses on silver reserves in the Durango region of North Central Mexico. It operates through the Silver, Gold, and Copper segments. The company was founded on May 15, 1968 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

About Century Aluminum

Century Aluminum Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the production of standard-grade and value-added primary aluminum products in the United States and Iceland. It also owns and operates an alumina production facility in Iceland, and a carbon anode production facility in the Netherlands. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.