VRS vs. BIOM, ZED, ARK, REE, EUZ, KAT, HZM, CMRS, URU, and RRR
Should you be buying Versarien stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Versarien include Biome Technologies (BIOM), Zenova Group (ZED), Arkle Resources (ARK), Altona Rare Earths (REE), Europa Metals (EUZ), Katoro Gold (KAT), Horizonte Minerals (HZM), Critical Mineral Resources (CMRS), URU Metals (URU), and Red Rock Resources (RRR). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Versarien (LON:VRS) and Biome Technologies (LON:BIOM) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, community ranking and profitability.
In the previous week, Biome Technologies had 6 more articles in the media than Versarien. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Biome Technologies and 0 mentions for Versarien. Biome Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Versarien's score of 0.00 indicating that Biome Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Biome Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Versarien. Biome Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Versarien, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Biome Technologies has a net margin of -22.35% compared to Versarien's net margin of -248.26%. Biome Technologies' return on equity of -103.59% beat Versarien's return on equity.
Versarien has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Biome Technologies has a beta of 2.46, meaning that its stock price is 146% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Versarien received 58 more outperform votes than Biome Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.61% of users gave Versarien an outperform vote while only 69.81% of users gave Biome Technologies an outperform vote.
0.1% of Biome Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Versarien shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 60.7% of Biome Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Biome Technologies beats Versarien on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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