ALS vs. MDI, LAC, SKE, AOT, WRN, ETG, FAR, CHE.UN, KRR, and OSK
Should you be buying Altius Minerals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Altius Minerals include Major Drilling Group International (MDI), Lithium Americas (LAC), Skeena Resources (SKE), Ascot Resources (AOT), Western Copper and Gold (WRN), Entrée Resources (ETG), Foraco International (FAR), Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund (CHE.UN), Karora Resources (KRR), and Osisko Mining (OSK). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Altius Minerals (TSE:ALS) and Major Drilling Group International (TSE:MDI) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.
26.0% of Altius Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.0% of Major Drilling Group International shares are held by institutional investors. 18.9% of Altius Minerals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Major Drilling Group International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Altius Minerals has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Major Drilling Group International has a beta of 1.65, indicating that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Altius Minerals received 32 more outperform votes than Major Drilling Group International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.17% of users gave Major Drilling Group International an outperform vote while only 60.82% of users gave Altius Minerals an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Altius Minerals had 15 more articles in the media than Major Drilling Group International. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Altius Minerals and 1 mentions for Major Drilling Group International. Altius Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Major Drilling Group International's score of 0.00 indicating that Altius Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Altius Minerals pays an annual dividend of C$0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Major Drilling Group International pays an annual dividend of C$0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Altius Minerals pays out 160.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Major Drilling Group International pays out 5.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Altius Minerals has a net margin of 13.83% compared to Major Drilling Group International's net margin of 8.84%. Major Drilling Group International's return on equity of 14.08% beat Altius Minerals' return on equity.
Altius Minerals presently has a consensus target price of C$24.72, indicating a potential upside of 15.29%. Major Drilling Group International has a consensus target price of C$14.00, indicating a potential upside of 39.72%. Given Major Drilling Group International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Major Drilling Group International is more favorable than Altius Minerals.
Major Drilling Group International has higher revenue and earnings than Altius Minerals. Major Drilling Group International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Altius Minerals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Major Drilling Group International beats Altius Minerals on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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