AESI vs GMTL Stock Comparison

Atlas Energy Solutions and Guardian Metal Resources Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group

Head to Head

2 decided of 12

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

QuestionAESIGMTLLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.12B $307.75M AESI
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -9.5x -29.9x –
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% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -18.3% — –
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — — –
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 67.1% 91.4% AESI
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 27/100 — –

Percentile Scorecard

AESIGMTL

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

AxisAESIGMTL
Valuation 58 #69 of 162 29 #115 of 162
Growth 6 #138 of 147 –
Profitability 31 #84 of 122 –
Financial Health 14 #143 of 166 95 #9 of 166
Shareholder Returns – –
Overall 27 –
  • AESI ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • GMTL 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

PeriodAESIGMTLSPY
1 month -24.8%-51.9% -1.0%
3 months -27.6%-52.8% +2.9%
6 months -47.0%-71.8% +6.4%
Year to date -8.2%— +11.4%
1 year -18.3%— +13.1%
3 years -56.8%— +79.4%
3 years, per year -24.4%— +21.5%

Risk

MeasureAESIGMTLSPY
Volatility, 1Y 67.1%91.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 74.1%91.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.852.28 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.27— 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -67.6%-76.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -56.2%-74.9% -2.5%
52-week high $19.75$20.64 $779.14
52-week low $8.10$4.88 $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.

MultipleAESIGMTL
P/E now vs peer median -9.1xmedian 12.7x -29.9xmedian 12.7x
P/S now vs peer median 1.0xmedian 3.1x —median 3.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 21.0xmedian 6.9x —median 6.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median -5.9xmedian 15.1x -49.8xmedian 15.1x
P/B now vs peer median 1.0xmedian 2.1x 3.2xmedian 2.1x
PEG now vs peer median 0.28median 0.27 —median 0.27

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 monthsAESIGMTL
Revenue $1.07B –
Gross profit $76.19M –
Operating income -$88.46M –
Net income -$118.33M –
Free cash flow -$184.12M –
EPS (diluted) $-0.95 –
Cash & equivalents – $52.46M
Total debt $966.72M –
Shares (diluted) 124.94M 57.79M
Enterprise value $1.12B $307.75M

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
MetricAESIGMTL
P/E -9.1x -29.9x
P/FCF -5.9x -49.8x
P/Operating cash flow 19.8x –
P/S 1.0x –
P/B 1.0x 3.2x
P/Tangible book 1.1x 5.7x
EV/EBITDA 21.0x –
EV/EBIT -23.2x –
EV/Revenue 1.9x –
EV/FCF -11.1x –
EV/Operating cash flow 37.5x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.28 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAESIGMTL
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% –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -32.2% –
Net income growth (1Y) -946.3% –
Net income CAGR (3Y) -34.8% –
EPS growth (1Y) -937.6% –
EPS CAGR (3Y) -32.5% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -77.0% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -915.6% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAESIGMTL
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% –
Return on assets -4.9% –
Return on invested capital -3.4% –
Return on capital employed -4.1% –
Asset turnover 0.4x –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.5x –
Stock comp / revenue 3.3% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAESIGMTL
Debt / assets 37.8% –
Debt / equity 0.9x –
Net debt / EBITDA 9.9x –
Debt / FCF -5.3x –
Liabilities / assets 56.4% 3.7%
Equity / assets 43.6% 96.3%
Interest coverage – –
Current ratio 1.8x 15.3x
Quick ratio – 14.8x
Cash ratio – 14.4x
Altman Z-score 0.79 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAESIGMTL
Dividend yield – –
Net buyback yield – –
Shareholder yield 0.0% –
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.

ConsensusAESIGMTL
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.91FY2026 $-0.25FY2027
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.05BFY2026 $0.00FY2027
Revenue growth, next FY -4.3%FY2026 –
Revenue growth, the year after +31.7% –

Institutional Ownership

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

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.

AESIGMTL
AESI 1.00 0.16
GMTL 0.16 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AESI and GMTL?

Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI) is the largest by market capitalisation: Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI) $1.12B, Guardian Metal Resources (GMTL) $307.75M.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI) has been the steadiest (Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI) 67.1%, Guardian Metal Resources (GMTL) 91.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Do AESI and GMTL move together?

Their daily returns over the past year have a correlation of 0.16, a weak relationship. Holding both diversifies more than two closely linked stocks would.

Which is the better stock, AESI and GMTL?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI) 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.