Reviewing American Battery Technology (NASDAQ:ABAT) and Applied Minerals (OTCMKTS:AMNL)

American Battery Technology (NASDAQ:ABAT) and Applied Minerals (OTCMKTS:AMNL) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.

Risk and Volatility

American Battery Technology has a beta of 2.17, indicating that its stock price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Applied Minerals has a beta of -0.34, indicating that its stock price is 134% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

9.9% of American Battery Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.0% of Applied Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.2% of American Battery Technology shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of Applied Minerals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares American Battery Technology and Applied Minerals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
American Battery Technology	N/A	-65.58%	-51.22%
Applied Minerals	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for American Battery Technology and Applied Minerals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
American Battery Technology	0	0	1	0	3.00
Applied Minerals	0	0	0	0	0.00

American Battery Technology presently has a consensus target price of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 650.09%. Given American Battery Technology’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe American Battery Technology is more favorable than Applied Minerals.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares American Battery Technology and Applied Minerals”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
American Battery Technology	$545,460.00	107.50	-$52.50 million	($0.98)	-0.82
Applied Minerals	$1.41 million	0.00	-$3.28 million	N/A	N/A

Applied Minerals has higher revenue and earnings than American Battery Technology.

Summary

Applied Minerals beats American Battery Technology on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About American Battery Technology

American Battery Technology Company operates as a battery materials company. The company explores for resources of battery metals, such as such as lithium, nickel, cobalt, and manganese; and develops and commercializes technologies for the extraction of battery metals, as well as commercializes integrated process for the recycling of lithium-ion batteries. The company was formerly known as American Battery Metals Corporation. American Battery Technology Company was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in Reno, Nevada.

About Applied Minerals

Applied Minerals, Inc. extracts, processes, and markets halloysite clay and iron oxide. The company owns the Dragon mine property that consists of 38 patented and 6 unpatented mining claims covering an area of 267 acres located in Juab County, Utah. It provides halloysite clay-based line of products for use in various applications, such as molecular sieves and catalysts, flame retardant additives for plastics, binders for ceramics, nucleation and reinforcement of polymers, paints and coatings, batteries, agriculture, environmental remediation, controlled release carriers cosmetics, and others under the tradename DRAGONITE. The company also offers natural iron oxide-based products for the pigmentary and technical application markets under the trade name AMIRON. It markets and sells its products directly, as well as through employees, agents, and distributors. The company was formerly known as Atlas Mining Company and changed its name to Applied Minerals, Inc. in October 2009. Applied Minerals, Inc. was incorporated in 1924 is based in Eureka, Utah.