NB vs. S, WM, NEXT, ERD, LGO, GEO, ARA, TMQ, SLR, and AII
Should you be buying NioCorp Developments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NioCorp Developments include Sherritt International (S), Wallbridge Mining (WM), NextSource Materials (NEXT), Erdene Resource Development (ERD), Largo (LGO), Geodrill (GEO), Aclara Resources (ARA), Trilogy Metals (TMQ), Solitario Resources (SLR), and Almonty Industries (AII). These companies are all part of the "other industrial metals & mining" industry.
Sherritt International (TSE:S) and NioCorp Developments (TSE:NB) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Sherritt International presently has a consensus target price of C$0.53, indicating a potential upside of 61.54%.
NioCorp Developments has a net margin of 0.00% compared to NioCorp Developments' net margin of -28.93%. NioCorp Developments' return on equity of -9.83% beat Sherritt International's return on equity.
In the previous week, Sherritt International had 7 more articles in the media than NioCorp Developments. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Sherritt International and 0 mentions for NioCorp Developments. NioCorp Developments' average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Sherritt International's score of 0.00 indicating that Sherritt International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
NioCorp Developments has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Sherritt International. Sherritt International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NioCorp Developments, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
11.5% of Sherritt International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.0% of NioCorp Developments shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Sherritt International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of NioCorp Developments shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Sherritt International received 276 more outperform votes than NioCorp Developments when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.10% of users gave NioCorp Developments an outperform vote while only 62.54% of users gave Sherritt International an outperform vote.
Sherritt International has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NioCorp Developments has a beta of 0.13, indicating that its stock price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Sherritt International beats NioCorp Developments on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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