PDL vs. EEE, EUA, GEM, SLP, THS, WYN, ATM, AAZ, KOD, and MBH
Should you be buying Petra Diamonds stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Petra Diamonds include Empire Metals (EEE), Eurasia Mining (EUA), Gemfields Group (GEM), Sylvania Platinum (SLP), Tharisa (THS), Wynnstay Group (WYN), Andrada Mining (ATM), Anglo Asian Mining (AAZ), Kodal Minerals (KOD), and Michelmersh Brick (MBH). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Empire Metals (LON:EEE) and Petra Diamonds (LON:PDL) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Empire Metals has a beta of 1.73, indicating that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Petra Diamonds has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.
6.6% of Empire Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.1% of Petra Diamonds shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.3% of Empire Metals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.4% of Petra Diamonds shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Petra Diamonds has a consensus target price of GBX 70, suggesting a potential upside of 45.83%. Given Empire Metals' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Petra Diamonds is more favorable than Empire Metals.
Empire Metals has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Empire Metals' net margin of -29.78%. Empire Metals' return on equity of -16.73% beat Petra Diamonds' return on equity.
In the previous week, Empire Metals had 1 more articles in the media than Petra Diamonds. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Empire Metals and 0 mentions for Petra Diamonds. Petra Diamonds' average media sentiment score of 0.06 beat Empire Metals' score of 0.00 indicating that Empire Metals is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Empire Metals has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Petra Diamonds.
Petra Diamonds received 1252 more outperform votes than Empire Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 81.40% of users gave Petra Diamonds an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Empire Metals an outperform vote.
Summary
Petra Diamonds beats Empire Metals on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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