Comparing Atlas Lithium (NASDAQ:ATLX) & New Era Helium (NASDAQ:NEHC)

New Era Helium (NASDAQ:NEHC) and Atlas Lithium (NASDAQ:ATLX) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for New Era Helium and Atlas Lithium, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
New Era Helium	0	0	0	0	0.00
Atlas Lithium	1	0	1	0	2.00

Atlas Lithium has a consensus target price of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 257.82%. Given Atlas Lithium’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Atlas Lithium is more favorable than New Era Helium.

Profitability

This table compares New Era Helium and Atlas Lithium’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
New Era Helium	N/A	N/A	N/A
Atlas Lithium	-9,881.20%	-143.98%	-57.22%

Volatility & Risk

New Era Helium has a beta of 0.19, suggesting that its stock price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atlas Lithium has a beta of -0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 188% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares New Era Helium and Atlas Lithium”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
New Era Helium	$530,024.00	103.50	-$13.78 million	N/A	N/A
Atlas Lithium	$670,000.00	155.18	-$42.24 million	($2.18)	-2.44

New Era Helium has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Atlas Lithium.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

21.9% of New Era Helium shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.4% of Atlas Lithium shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.3% of New Era Helium shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 33.6% of Atlas Lithium 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.

About New Era Helium

New Era Helium, Inc. is an exploration and production company that sources helium produced in association with the production of natural gas reserves in North America. The company was founded in 2023 and is headquartered in Midland, TX.

About Atlas Lithium

Atlas Lithium Corporation operates as a mineral exploration and development company in Brazil. It operates the Minas Gerais lithium project that consists of 54 mineral rights covering an area of 59,275 acres located within the Brazilian Eastern Pegmatitic Province; and Northeastern Brazil lithium project, which consists of 7 mineral rights covering an area of 16,266 acres in the States of Paraíba and Rio Grande do Norte in northeastern Brazil. The company also owns 100% interests in various mining concessions for gold, diamond, and industrial sand; and early-stage projects and properties in other minerals, such as nickel, copper, rare earths, graphite, and titanium; as well as participates in iron and quartzite projects. The company was formerly known as Brazil Minerals, Inc. and changed its name to Atlas Lithium Corporation in October 2022. Atlas Lithium Corporation was founded in 2011 and is based in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.