FXPO vs. GFM, AMRQ, TET, KMR, SOLG, LTHM, GGP, ECOR, JLP, and THS
Should you be buying Ferrexpo stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ferrexpo include Griffin Mining (GFM), Amaroq Minerals (AMRQ), Treatt (TET), Kenmare Resources (KMR), SolGold (SOLG), James Latham (LTHM), Greatland Gold (GGP), Ecora Resources (ECOR), Jubilee Metals Group (JLP), and Tharisa (THS). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Ferrexpo (LON:FXPO) and Griffin Mining (LON:GFM) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Ferrexpo presently has a consensus target price of GBX 190, suggesting a potential upside of 268.93%. Griffin Mining has a consensus target price of GBX 140, suggesting a potential downside of 7.89%. Given Ferrexpo's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Ferrexpo is more favorable than Griffin Mining.
Ferrexpo has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Griffin Mining has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ferrexpo received 497 more outperform votes than Griffin Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.14% of users gave Griffin Mining an outperform vote while only 59.39% of users gave Ferrexpo an outperform vote.
23.0% of Ferrexpo shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.0% of Griffin Mining shares are held by institutional investors. 50.0% of Ferrexpo shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 44.0% of Griffin Mining shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Griffin Mining had 2 more articles in the media than Ferrexpo. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Griffin Mining and 1 mentions for Ferrexpo. Griffin Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Ferrexpo's score of 0.00 indicating that Griffin Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ferrexpo has a net margin of 25.51% compared to Griffin Mining's net margin of 7.63%. Ferrexpo's return on equity of 11.35% beat Griffin Mining's return on equity.
Ferrexpo has higher revenue and earnings than Griffin Mining. Ferrexpo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Griffin Mining, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Ferrexpo beats Griffin Mining on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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