Hemis (OTCMKTS:MOCI) & American Resources (NASDAQ:AREC) Financial Analysis

Hemis (OTCMKTS:MOCI) and American Resources (NASDAQ:AREC) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

9.3% of American Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 16.8% of American Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility and Risk

Hemis has a beta of -2.32, meaning that its share price is 332% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Resources has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Hemis and American Resources, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hemis	0	0	0	0	0.00
American Resources	1	0	3	1	2.80

American Resources has a consensus price target of $5.50, suggesting a potential upside of 55.37%. Given American Resources’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe American Resources is more favorable than Hemis.

Profitability

This table compares Hemis and American Resources’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hemis	N/A	N/A	N/A
American Resources	-13,152.00%	N/A	-21.17%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Hemis and American Resources”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hemis	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
American Resources	$145,026.00	2,429.98	-$40.11 million	($0.41)	-8.63

Hemis has higher earnings, but lower revenue than American Resources.

Summary

American Resources beats Hemis on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Hemis

Energy Holdings, Inc. intends to provide photovoltaic (PV) solar and energy storage solutions. It focuses on providing services related to sustainable clean energy products that include design, project development, sales and lease, engineering, procurement, manufacture, assembly and construction services, energy system incentives, and operations and maintenance services. The company was formerly known as Modern Cinema Group, Inc. and changed its name to Energy Holdings, Inc. in February 2022. Energy Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2005 and is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.

About American Resources

American Resources Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, extracts, processes, transports, and sells metallurgical coal to the steel and industrial industries. It supplies raw materials; and sells coal used in pulverized coal injections. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Fishers, Indiana.