Jaguar Mining (OTCMKTS:JAGGD) and Fission Uranium (OTCMKTS:FCUUF) Financial Survey

Fission Uranium (OTCMKTS:FCUUF) and Jaguar Mining (OTCMKTS:JAGGD) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Fission Uranium and Jaguar Mining, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fission Uranium	0	1	1	0	2.50
Jaguar Mining	0	0	0	0	0.00

Fission Uranium currently has a consensus price target of $2.00, indicating a potential upside of 296.59%. Given Fission Uranium’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Fission Uranium is more favorable than Jaguar Mining.

Volatility & Risk

Fission Uranium has a beta of 2.24, meaning that its stock price is 124% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jaguar Mining has a beta of 2.75, meaning that its stock price is 175% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Fission Uranium and Jaguar Mining”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fission Uranium	N/A	N/A	-$6.61 million	($0.01)	-50.43
Jaguar Mining	$97.23 million	1.90	-$150,000.00	$0.50	5.10

Jaguar Mining has higher revenue and earnings than Fission Uranium. Fission Uranium is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Jaguar Mining, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Fission Uranium and Jaguar Mining’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fission Uranium	N/A	-2.10%	-2.08%
Jaguar Mining	28.17%	26.75%	17.80%

Summary

Jaguar Mining beats Fission Uranium on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Fission Uranium

Fission Uranium Corp. engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of uranium resource properties in Canada. Its flagship property is the 100% owned Patterson Lake South property with 17 contiguous mineral claims covering an area of 31,039 ha located in the Athabasca Basin region of Saskatchewan, Canada. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Kelowna, Canada.

About Jaguar Mining

Jaguar Mining, Inc. engages in the acquisition, exploration, development and operation of gold producing properties in Brazil. Its mining operations include Turmalina, Paciência and Caeté. The firm is also developing the Grurupi Project and exploring the Iron Quadrangle and Pedra Branca Project. The company was founded by Daniel R. Titcomb in 1984 and is headquartered Toronto, Canada.