S vs. ERD, LGO, WM, NEXT, NB, GEO, AII, ARA, TMQ, and FURY
Should you be buying Sherritt International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sherritt International include Erdene Resource Development (ERD), Largo (LGO), Wallbridge Mining (WM), NextSource Materials (NEXT), NioCorp Developments (NB), Geodrill (GEO), Almonty Industries (AII), Aclara Resources (ARA), Trilogy Metals (TMQ), and Fury Gold Mines (FURY). These companies are all part of the "other industrial metals & mining" industry.
Erdene Resource Development (TSE:ERD) and Sherritt International (TSE:S) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.
Erdene Resource Development has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Sherritt International. Erdene Resource Development is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sherritt International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sherritt International received 311 more outperform votes than Erdene Resource Development when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.29% of users gave Erdene Resource Development an outperform vote while only 62.54% of users gave Sherritt International an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Sherritt International had 3 more articles in the media than Erdene Resource Development. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Sherritt International and 0 mentions for Erdene Resource Development. Erdene Resource Development's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Sherritt International's score of -0.33 indicating that Sherritt International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Erdene Resource Development has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Erdene Resource Development's net margin of -28.93%. Erdene Resource Development's return on equity of -9.83% beat Sherritt International's return on equity.
6.2% of Erdene Resource Development shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.5% of Sherritt International shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.2% of Erdene Resource Development shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Sherritt International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Erdene Resource Development has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sherritt International has a beta of 1.66, suggesting that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Sherritt International has a consensus target price of C$0.53, indicating a potential upside of 59.09%. Given Erdene Resource Development's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Sherritt International is more favorable than Erdene Resource Development.
Summary
Sherritt International beats Erdene Resource Development on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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