Comparing Golden Minerals (NYSE:AUMN) & American International Ventures (OTCMKTS:AIVN)

American International Ventures (OTCMKTS:AIVN) and Golden Minerals (NYSE:AUMN) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares American International Ventures and Golden Minerals”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
American International Ventures	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Golden Minerals	$2.81 million	1.48	-$9.23 million	($0.91)	-0.30

American International Ventures has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Golden Minerals.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

13.4% of Golden Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Golden Minerals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for American International Ventures and Golden Minerals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
American International Ventures	0	0	0	0	0.00
Golden Minerals	0	0	1	0	3.00

Golden Minerals has a consensus target price of $1.50, suggesting a potential upside of 440.93%. Given Golden Minerals’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Golden Minerals is more favorable than American International Ventures.

Profitability

This table compares American International Ventures and Golden Minerals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
American International Ventures	N/A	N/A	N/A
Golden Minerals	N/A	-517.60%	-73.01%

Summary

Golden Minerals beats American International Ventures on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About American International Ventures

American International Ventures, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration and extraction of precious metals, gold, and silver properties located in the Baja California, Mexico. Its flagship mining property is the Mother Lode property located in Baja California, Mexico. The company was formerly known as American Global Enterprises, Inc. and it changed its name to American International Ventures, Inc. in December 2000. American International Ventures, Inc. was founded in 2012 and is based in Lithia, Florida.

About Golden Minerals

Golden Minerals Company, a precious metals exploration company explores for mineral properties in Argentina, Nevada, and Mexico. It explores for gold, silver, copper, zinc, lead, and other minerals. The company was formerly known as Apex Silver Mines Limited and changed its name to Golden Minerals Company in March 2009. Golden Minerals Company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Golden, Colorado.