AESI vs GMTL vs PPTA Stock Comparison

Atlas Energy Solutions, Guardian Metal Resources and Perpetua Resources Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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Head to Head

4 decided of 12

Perpetua Resources leads on 2 of the 12 questions below (Perpetua Resources 2, Atlas Energy Solutions 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAESIGMTLPPTALeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.18B $276.25M $2.32B PPTA
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -10.0x -27.5x -10.0x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — — — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -8.1% — — –
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -11.1% — — –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -3.4% — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 9.9x — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% — — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -9.0% — -26.9% AESI
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — — +31.3%/yr –
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 67.2% 91.1% 73.5% AESI
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 27/100 — 29/100 PPTA

Percentile Scorecard

AESIGMTLPPTA

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAESIGMTLPPTA
Valuation 58 #69 of 162 31 #112 of 162 16 #136 of 162
Growth 6 #138 of 147 – 1 #146 of 147
Profitability 31 #84 of 122 – 23 #94 of 122
Financial Health 14 #141 of 164 95 #9 of 164 92 #14 of 164
Shareholder Returns – – 15 #91 of 107
Overall 27 – 29
  • AESI ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • GMTL ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • PPTA ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAESIGMTLPPTASPY
1 month -23.3%-48.0%-15.0% +0.9%
3 months -7.1%-47.8%+7.5% +5.9%
6 months -45.2%-72.1%-29.3% +8.5%
Year to date +0.1%—-23.4% +13.3%
1 year -9.0%—-26.9% +12.4%
3 years -50.2%—+416.7% +88.1%
3 years, per year -20.8%—+72.9% +23.5%
5 years ——+289.7% +68.2%
5 years, per year ——+31.3% +11.0%

Risk

MeasureAESIGMTLPPTASPY
Volatility, 1Y 67.2%91.1%73.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 74.6%91.8%75.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.872.263.02 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.13—-0.37 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -67.6%-76.8%-70.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -52.3%-76.8%-50.2% -0.9%
52-week high $19.75$20.64$37.22 $779.14
52-week low $8.10$4.78$16.44 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAESIGMTLPPTA
P/E now vs peer median -10.0xmedian 13.4x -27.5xmedian 13.4x -10.0xmedian 13.4x
P/S now vs peer median 1.1xmedian 3.2x —median 3.2x —median 3.2x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 22.0xmedian 7.3x —median 7.3x -6.6xmedian 7.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median -6.4xmedian 14.8x -45.9xmedian 14.8x -10.9xmedian 14.8x
P/B now vs peer median 1.1xmedian 2.3x 3.0xmedian 2.3x 3.2xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median 0.31median 0.31 —median 0.31 0.17median 0.31

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAESIGMTLPPTA
Revenue $1.07B – –
Gross profit $76.19M – –
Operating income -$88.46M – -$264.40M
Net income -$118.33M – -$232.33M
Free cash flow -$184.12M – -$213.26M
R&D – – $254.25M
EPS (diluted) $-0.95 – $-1.86
Cash & equivalents – $52.46M $574.25M
Total debt $966.72M – –
Shares (diluted) 124.94M 57.79M 125.09M
Enterprise value $1.18B $223.79M -$83.23M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAESIGMTLPPTA
P/E -10.0x -27.5x -10.0x
P/FCF -6.4x -45.9x -10.9x
P/Operating cash flow 21.6x – -12.9x
P/S 1.1x – –
P/B 1.1x 3.0x 3.2x
P/Tangible book 1.2x 5.3x 3.2x
EV/EBITDA 22.0x – -6.6x
EV/EBIT -24.3x – -6.6x
EV/Revenue 2.0x – –
EV/FCF -11.7x – -8.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 39.3x – -9.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.31 – 0.17

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAESIGMTLPPTA
Revenue growth (1Y) -8.1% – –
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 20.7% – –
Gross profit growth (1Y) -63.6% – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -38.0% – –
Operating income growth (1Y) -229.1% – -351.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -32.2% – -93.2%
Net income growth (1Y) -946.3% – -951.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -34.8% – -101.3%
EPS growth (1Y) -937.6% – -542.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -32.5% – -60.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -77.0% – -436.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – -103.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -915.6% – -493.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – -113.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAESIGMTLPPTA
Gross margin 7.1% – –
EBITDA margin 9.2% – –
Operating margin -8.3% – –
Pretax margin -14.8% – –
Net margin -11.1% – –
FCF margin -17.2% – –
Operating cash flow margin 5.1% – –
Return on equity -10.4% – -31.1%
Return on assets -4.9% – -29.4%
Return on invested capital -3.4% – –
Return on capital employed -4.1% – -34.5%
Asset turnover 0.4x – –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.5x – 0.8x
Stock comp / revenue 3.3% – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAESIGMTLPPTA
Debt / assets 37.8% – –
Debt / equity 0.9x – –
Net debt / EBITDA 9.9x – –
Debt / FCF -5.3x – –
Liabilities / assets 56.4% 3.7% 6.9%
Equity / assets 43.6% 96.3% 93.1%
Interest coverage – – –
Current ratio 1.8x 15.3x 12.3x
Quick ratio – 14.8x 11.9x
Cash ratio – 14.4x 11.8x
Altman Z-score 0.83 – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAESIGMTLPPTA
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield – – -18.6%
Shareholder yield 0.0% – -18.6%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAESIGMTLPPTA
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.92FY2026 $-0.25FY2027 $-1.20FY2026
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.05BFY2026 $0.00FY2027 $0.00FY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -4.3%FY2026 – –
Revenue growth, the year after +31.7% – –

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAESIGMTLPPTA
Held by institutions 84.6% 10.6% 67.2%
Institutions holding 286 47 255
Change in shares held, QoQ +17.8% +16.7% -1.6%
Institutions buying 170 36 128
Institutions selling 72 10 79
Buyers to sellers 2.36 3.60 1.62

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

AESIGMTLPPTA
AESI 1.00 0.15 0.12
GMTL 0.15 1.00 0.49
PPTA 0.12 0.49 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AESI, GMTL and PPTA?

Perpetua Resources (PPTA) is the largest by market capitalisation: Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI) $1.18B, Guardian Metal Resources (GMTL) $276.25M, Perpetua Resources (PPTA) $2.32B.

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI) returned the most: Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI) -9.0%, Perpetua Resources (PPTA) -26.9%. Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI) has been the steadiest (Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI) 67.2%, Guardian Metal Resources (GMTL) 91.1%, Perpetua Resources (PPTA) 73.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AESI, GMTL and PPTA?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Perpetua Resources (PPTA) leads on 2. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.