Tertiary Minerals (TYM) Competitors

Tertiary Minerals (LON:TYM) and Ironveld (LON:IRON) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings and media sentiment.

Do analysts recommend TYM or IRON?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tertiary Minerals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Ironveld	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more volatility and risk, TYM or IRON?

Tertiary Minerals has a beta of -0.65, meaning that its share price is 165% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ironveld has a beta of -0.04, meaning that its share price is 104% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer TYM or IRON?

In the previous week, Tertiary Minerals had 2 more articles in the media than Ironveld. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Tertiary Minerals and 0 mentions for Ironveld. Tertiary Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Ironveld'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Tertiary Minerals	Neutral
Ironveld	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, TYM or IRON?

Ironveld has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Tertiary Minerals.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tertiary Minerals	£165.06K	15.57	-£1.18M	N/A	N/A
Ironveld	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in TYM or IRON?

7.3% of Tertiary Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.4% of Ironveld shares are owned by institutional investors. 46.1% of Tertiary Minerals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 68.0% of Ironveld shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is TYM or IRON more profitable?

Ironveld has a net margin of -83.61% compared to Tertiary Minerals' net margin of -298.38%. Ironveld's return on equity of -1.91% beat Tertiary Minerals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tertiary Minerals	-298.38%	-67.64%	-38.15%
Ironveld	-83.61%	-1.91%	-1.97%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TYM or IRON?

Tertiary Minerals received 17 more outperform votes than Ironveld when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.85% of users gave Ironveld an outperform vote while only 47.85% of users gave Tertiary Minerals an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tertiary Minerals	Outperform Votes 100 47.85%	Underperform Votes 109 52.15%
Ironveld	Outperform Votes 83 63.85%	Underperform Votes 47 36.15%

Summary

Ironveld beats Tertiary Minerals on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.