SMT vs. AII, FVL, FSY, NDM, LGO, ERD, S, NB, TMQ, and NEXT
Should you be buying Sierra Metals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sierra Metals include Almonty Industries (AII), Freegold Ventures (FVL), Forsys Metals (FSY), Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM), Largo (LGO), Erdene Resource Development (ERD), Sherritt International (S), NioCorp Developments (NB), Trilogy Metals (TMQ), and NextSource Materials (NEXT). These companies are all part of the "other industrial metals & mining" industry.
Sierra Metals (TSE:SMT) and Almonty Industries (TSE:AII) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Sierra Metals received 61 more outperform votes than Almonty Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.27% of users gave Almonty Industries an outperform vote while only 44.75% of users gave Sierra Metals an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Sierra Metals had 8 more articles in the media than Almonty Industries. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Sierra Metals and 2 mentions for Almonty Industries. Sierra Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat Almonty Industries' score of 0.05 indicating that Sierra Metals is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sierra Metals has higher revenue and earnings than Almonty Industries. Sierra Metals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Almonty Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sierra Metals currently has a consensus target price of C$1.10, suggesting a potential upside of 18.28%. Given Sierra Metals' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Sierra Metals is more favorable than Almonty Industries.
Sierra Metals has a net margin of -8.42% compared to Almonty Industries' net margin of -39.26%. Sierra Metals' return on equity of -5.81% beat Almonty Industries' return on equity.
23.8% of Sierra Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Sierra Metals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 40.0% of Almonty Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Sierra Metals has a beta of 2.14, indicating that its stock price is 114% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Almonty Industries has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Sierra Metals beats Almonty Industries on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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