SMT vs. POM, SKE, GLO, AOT, AMC, SLI, WRN, NOU, EMX, and ETG
Should you be buying Sierra Metals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sierra Metals include PolyMet Mining (POM), Skeena Resources (SKE), Global Atomic (GLO), Ascot Resources (AOT), Arizona Metals (AMC), Standard Lithium (SLI), Western Copper and Gold (WRN), Nouveau Monde Graphite (NOU), EMX Royalty (EMX), and Entrée Resources (ETG). These companies are all part of the "other industrial metals & mining" industry.
PolyMet Mining (TSE:POM) and Sierra Metals (TSE:SMT) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
2.7% of PolyMet Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.8% of Sierra Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. 82.5% of PolyMet Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Sierra Metals shares are owned 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.
Sierra Metals has a consensus price target of C$1.10, suggesting a potential upside of 19.57%.
PolyMet Mining pays an annual dividend of C$1.08 per share. Sierra Metals pays an annual dividend of C$0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. PolyMet Mining pays out -400.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sierra Metals pays out -80.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Sierra Metals received 66 more outperform votes than PolyMet Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.55% of users gave PolyMet Mining an outperform vote while only 44.75% of users gave Sierra Metals an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Sierra Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat PolyMet Mining's score of -1.00 indicating that PolyMet Mining is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PolyMet Mining has a net margin of 0.00% compared to PolyMet Mining's net margin of -8.42%. PolyMet Mining's return on equity of -5.81% beat Sierra Metals' return on equity.
PolyMet Mining has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sierra Metals has a beta of 2.14, meaning that its share price is 114% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Sierra Metals has higher revenue and earnings than PolyMet Mining. Sierra Metals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PolyMet Mining, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Sierra Metals beats PolyMet Mining on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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