MSV vs. EXN, SBR, SGLD, ASND, and AUMN
Should you be buying Minco Silver stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Minco Silver include Excellon Resources (EXN), Silver Bear Resources (SBR), Sabre Gold Mines (SGLD), Ascendant Resources (ASND), and Golden Minerals (AUMN). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Minco Silver (TSE:MSV) and Excellon Resources (TSE:EXN) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
Excellon Resources received 12 more outperform votes than Minco Silver when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.10% of users gave Minco Silver an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave Excellon Resources an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Minco Silver and Minco Silver both had 1 articles in the media. Excellon Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Minco Silver's score of 0.08 indicating that Excellon Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Minco Silver has a beta of 0.22, suggesting that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Excellon Resources has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
0.5% of Minco Silver shares are held by institutional investors. 39.5% of Minco Silver shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of Excellon Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Minco Silver's return on equity of -8.98% beat Excellon Resources' return on equity.
Excellon Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Minco Silver. Minco Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Excellon Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Excellon Resources beats Minco Silver on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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