Analyzing Wealth Minerals (OTCMKTS:WMLLF) and New Era Helium (NASDAQ:NEHC)

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Wealth Minerals and New Era Helium”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Wealth Minerals	N/A	N/A	-$38.30 million	($0.11)	-0.47
New Era Helium	$530,024.00	134.36	-$13.78 million	($0.41)	-12.00

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.1% of Wealth Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Wealth Minerals and New Era Helium’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wealth Minerals	N/A	-1,111.33%	-952.56%
New Era Helium	N/A	N/A	N/A

Volatility & Risk

Wealth Minerals has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, New Era Helium has a beta of 0.19, meaning that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

New Era Helium beats Wealth Minerals on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Wealth Minerals

Wealth Minerals Ltd., a junior mineral resource exploration company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral properties in Canada, Chile, Peru, and Mexico. The company primarily explores for lithium, as well as for precious metal and copper deposits. Its flagship property is the 100% owned Atacama project that comprises 144 exploration concessions covering an area of approximately 46,200 hectares located in the Atacama Salar in Region II of Antofagasta, northern Chile. Wealth Minerals Ltd. was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

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.