GRA vs. III, WRN, VNP, TBL, AOT, VGCX, PPTA, GGD, ETG, and ARG
Should you be buying NanoXplore stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NanoXplore include Imperial Metals (III), Western Copper and Gold (WRN), 5N Plus (VNP), Taiga Building Products (TBL), Ascot Resources (AOT), Victoria Gold (VGCX), Perpetua Resources (PPTA), GoGold Resources (GGD), Entrée Resources (ETG), and Amerigo Resources (ARG). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
NanoXplore (TSE:GRA) and Imperial Metals (TSE:III) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.
NanoXplore has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Imperial Metals. NanoXplore is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Imperial Metals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, NanoXplore had 9 more articles in the media than Imperial Metals. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for NanoXplore and 4 mentions for Imperial Metals. Imperial Metals' average media sentiment score of -0.12 beat NanoXplore's score of -0.52 indicating that Imperial Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
NanoXplore has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Imperial Metals has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
NanoXplore has a net margin of -8.63% compared to Imperial Metals' net margin of -10.66%. Imperial Metals' return on equity of -5.06% beat NanoXplore's return on equity.
12.1% of NanoXplore shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.9% of Imperial Metals shares are held by institutional investors. 29.8% of NanoXplore shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 49.2% of Imperial Metals shares are held by company 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.
NanoXplore currently has a consensus price target of C$3.75, indicating a potential upside of 53.06%. Given NanoXplore's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe NanoXplore is more favorable than Imperial Metals.
Imperial Metals received 228 more outperform votes than NanoXplore when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 90.91% of users gave NanoXplore an outperform vote while only 53.13% of users gave Imperial Metals an outperform vote.
Summary
NanoXplore beats Imperial Metals on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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