MDI vs. ALS, SKE, LAC, AOT, WRN, ETG, FAR, NDM, FVL, and SLS
Should you be buying Major Drilling Group International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Major Drilling Group International include Altius Minerals (ALS), Skeena Resources (SKE), Lithium Americas (LAC), Ascot Resources (AOT), Western Copper and Gold (WRN), Entrée Resources (ETG), Foraco International (FAR), Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM), Freegold Ventures (FVL), and Solaris Resources (SLS). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Major Drilling Group International (TSE:MDI) and Altius Minerals (TSE:ALS) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Altius Minerals received 31 more outperform votes than Major Drilling Group International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.17% of users gave Major Drilling Group International an outperform vote while only 61.17% of users gave Altius Minerals an outperform vote.
Major Drilling Group International pays an annual dividend of C$0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Altius Minerals pays an annual dividend of C$0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Major Drilling Group International pays out 5.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Altius Minerals pays out 160.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Major Drilling Group International has higher revenue and earnings than Altius Minerals. Major Drilling Group International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Altius Minerals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Major Drilling Group International currently has a consensus price target of C$14.00, indicating a potential upside of 40.56%. Altius Minerals has a consensus price target of C$22.71, indicating a potential upside of 3.20%. Given Major Drilling Group International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Major Drilling Group International is more favorable than Altius Minerals.
Altius Minerals has a net margin of 13.83% compared to Major Drilling Group International's net margin of 8.84%. Major Drilling Group International's return on equity of 14.08% beat Altius Minerals' return on equity.
In the previous week, Altius Minerals had 6 more articles in the media than Major Drilling Group International. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Altius Minerals and 1 mentions for Major Drilling Group International. Major Drilling Group International's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Altius Minerals' score of -0.09 indicating that Major Drilling Group International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
56.0% of Major Drilling Group International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.7% of Altius Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Major Drilling Group International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 18.8% of Altius Minerals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Major Drilling Group International has a beta of 1.66, indicating that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Altius Minerals has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Major Drilling Group International beats Altius Minerals on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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