Critical Analysis: Pacific Booker Minerals (OTCMKTS:PBMLF) vs. Atlas Lithium (NASDAQ:ATLX)

Pacific Booker Minerals (OTCMKTS:PBMLF) and Atlas Lithium (NASDAQ:ATLX) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability, dividends and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Pacific Booker Minerals and Atlas Lithium, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pacific Booker Minerals	0	0	0	0	0.00
Atlas Lithium	1	0	1	0	2.00

Atlas Lithium has a consensus price target of $19.00, indicating a potential upside of 276.98%. Given Atlas Lithium’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Atlas Lithium is more favorable than Pacific Booker Minerals.

Risk & Volatility

Pacific Booker Minerals has a beta of -0.62, suggesting that its stock price is 162% 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.

Profitability

This table compares Pacific Booker Minerals and Atlas Lithium’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pacific Booker Minerals	N/A	-1,985.41%	-113.62%
Atlas Lithium	-9,881.20%	-143.98%	-57.22%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Pacific Booker Minerals and Atlas Lithium”s 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)	-16.99
Atlas Lithium	$670,000.00	147.29	-$42.24 million	($2.18)	-2.31

Pacific Booker Minerals has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Atlas Lithium. Pacific Booker Minerals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atlas Lithium, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

18.4% of Atlas Lithium shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.3% of Pacific Booker Minerals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 37.3% of Atlas Lithium shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Atlas Lithium beats Pacific Booker Minerals on 9 of the 13 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 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.