Contrasting IBC Advanced Alloys (OTCMKTS:IAALF) and New Era Helium (NASDAQ:NEHC)

Profitability

This table compares IBC Advanced Alloys and New Era Helium’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IBC Advanced Alloys	-17.02%	-95.16%	-10.44%
New Era Helium	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares IBC Advanced Alloys and New Era Helium”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
IBC Advanced Alloys	$17.76 million	0.98	-$3.41 million	($0.03)	-5.04
New Era Helium	$530,024.00	149.92	-$13.78 million	($0.41)	-13.39

IBC Advanced Alloys has higher revenue and earnings than New Era Helium. New Era Helium is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IBC Advanced Alloys, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

21.9% of New Era Helium shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of New Era Helium shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility and Risk

IBC Advanced Alloys has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, New Era Helium has a beta of 0.19, indicating that its stock price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

New Era Helium beats IBC Advanced Alloys on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About IBC Advanced Alloys

IBC Advanced Alloys Corp. develops, produces, and sells specialty alloy products in the United States and internationally. The company operates through Copper Alloys and Engineered Materials segments. It offers various copper alloys as castings and forgings, such as beryllium copper, chrome copper, oxygen-free high conductivity copper, and aluminum bronze in the form of plates, blocks, rounds, discs, bars, rings, tubes, rods, and other custom forgings, as well as specialty copper alloy forgings for plastic mold tooling and resistance welding applications. The company also provides beryllium-aluminum castings, beryllium-aluminum alloys, beryllium-copper alloys, high-strength beryllium-copper casting alloys, high-conductivity beryllium-copper casting alloys, and beryllium-nickel casting alloys. In addition, it manufactures Thermal-Mold Super, a beryllium-free mold alloy of copper-nickel-silicon-chrome, as well as provides tolling services and consulting. It serves automotive, defense, resistance welding, electronics, industrial equipment, injection molding, foundry, aerospace, and oil and gas industries. The company was formerly known as International Beryllium Corporation and changed its name to IBC Advanced Alloys Corp. in March 2009. IBC Advanced Alloys Corp. is headquartered in Franklin, Indiana.

About New Era Helium

New Era Helium, Inc. is an exploration and production company that sources helium produced in association with the production of natural gas reserves in North America. The company was founded in 2023 and is headquartered in Midland, TX.