NCU vs. FDY, MIN, ARG, III, FF, LGO, ERD, ASM, S, and LUC
Should you be buying Nevada Copper stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nevada Copper include Faraday Copper (FDY), Excelsior Mining (MIN), Amerigo Resources (ARG), Imperial Metals (III), First Mining Gold (FF), Largo (LGO), Erdene Resource Development (ERD), Avino Silver & Gold Mines (ASM), Sherritt International (S), and Lucara Diamond (LUC). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Faraday Copper (TSE:FDY) and Nevada Copper (TSE:NCU) 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 community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and earnings.
15.9% of Faraday Copper shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Nevada Copper shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Faraday Copper shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 52.2% of Nevada Copper shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Nevada Copper received 336 more outperform votes than Faraday Copper when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 83.33% of users gave Faraday Copper an outperform vote while only 78.03% of users gave Nevada Copper an outperform vote.
Faraday Copper presently has a consensus target price of C$1.30, indicating a potential upside of 64.56%. Nevada Copper has a consensus target price of C$0.30, indicating a potential upside of 200.00%. Given Faraday Copper's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Nevada Copper is more favorable than Faraday Copper.
In the previous week, Nevada Copper had 1 more articles in the media than Faraday Copper. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Nevada Copper and 3 mentions for Faraday Copper. Faraday Copper's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Nevada Copper's score of 0.41 indicating that Nevada Copper is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Faraday Copper has a beta of 1.69, meaning that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nevada Copper has a beta of 2.76, meaning that its stock price is 176% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Faraday Copper's return on equity of -27.57% beat Nevada Copper's return on equity.
Faraday Copper has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Nevada Copper. Faraday Copper is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nevada Copper, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Nevada Copper beats Faraday Copper on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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