GEO vs. NEXT, WM, TMQ, NB, SLR, ARA, S, FURY, SAU, and ERD
Should you be buying Geodrill stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Geodrill include NextSource Materials (NEXT), Wallbridge Mining (WM), Trilogy Metals (TMQ), NioCorp Developments (NB), Solitario Resources (SLR), Aclara Resources (ARA), Sherritt International (S), Fury Gold Mines (FURY), St. Augustine Gold and Copper (SAU), and Erdene Resource Development (ERD). These companies are all part of the "other industrial metals & mining" industry.
Geodrill (TSE:GEO) and NextSource Materials (TSE:NEXT) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and risk.
Geodrill has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NextSource Materials has a beta of 2.21, indicating that its stock price is 121% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Geodrill has a net margin of 2.99% compared to NextSource Materials' net margin of 0.00%. Geodrill's return on equity of 3.47% beat NextSource Materials' return on equity.
Geodrill received 60 more outperform votes than NextSource Materials when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.45% of users gave NextSource Materials an outperform vote while only 64.80% of users gave Geodrill an outperform vote.
Geodrill has higher revenue and earnings than NextSource Materials. NextSource Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Geodrill, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Geodrill had 11 more articles in the media than NextSource Materials. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Geodrill and 0 mentions for NextSource Materials. Geodrill's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat NextSource Materials' score of 0.00 indicating that Geodrill is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Geodrill presently has a consensus target price of C$2.25, indicating a potential upside of 0.90%. NextSource Materials has a consensus target price of C$2.50, indicating a potential upside of 237.84%. Given NextSource Materials' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe NextSource Materials is more favorable than Geodrill.
27.3% of Geodrill shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.6% of NextSource Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.3% of Geodrill shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 48.6% of NextSource Materials shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Geodrill beats NextSource Materials on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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