FVL vs. NDM, FSY, SMT, AII, ERD, S, LGO, NB, NEXT, and WM
Should you be buying Freegold Ventures stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Freegold Ventures include Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM), Forsys Metals (FSY), Sierra Metals (SMT), Almonty Industries (AII), Erdene Resource Development (ERD), Sherritt International (S), Largo (LGO), NioCorp Developments (NB), NextSource Materials (NEXT), and Wallbridge Mining (WM). These companies are all part of the "other industrial metals & mining" industry.
Northern Dynasty Minerals (TSE:NDM) and Freegold Ventures (TSE:FVL) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.
Freegold Ventures is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northern Dynasty Minerals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Freegold Ventures had 2 more articles in the media than Northern Dynasty Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Freegold Ventures and 1 mentions for Northern Dynasty Minerals. Freegold Ventures' average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Northern Dynasty Minerals' score of 0.71 indicating that Northern Dynasty Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Northern Dynasty Minerals' return on equity of -3.75% beat Freegold Ventures' return on equity.
Northern Dynasty Minerals received 272 more outperform votes than Freegold Ventures when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.87% of users gave Freegold Ventures an outperform vote while only 65.09% of users gave Northern Dynasty Minerals an outperform vote.
9.5% of Northern Dynasty Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.1% of Freegold Ventures shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Northern Dynasty Minerals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 29.2% of Freegold Ventures shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Northern Dynasty Minerals has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Freegold Ventures has a beta of 2.35, indicating that its stock price is 135% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Freegold Ventures beats Northern Dynasty Minerals on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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