DIAM vs. MPVD, ELR, ORV, AUMN, and ASM
Should you be buying Star Diamond stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Star Diamond include Mountain Province Diamonds (MPVD), Eastern Platinum (ELR), Orvana Minerals (ORV), Golden Minerals (AUMN), and Avino Silver & Gold Mines (ASM). These companies are all part of the "other precious metals & mining" industry.
Star Diamond (TSE:DIAM) and Mountain Province Diamonds (TSE:MPVD) 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 valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and profitability.
In the previous week, Star Diamond had 8 more articles in the media than Mountain Province Diamonds. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Star Diamond and 2 mentions for Mountain Province Diamonds. Star Diamond's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Mountain Province Diamonds' score of 0.48 indicating that Star Diamond is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Star Diamond has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Mountain Province Diamonds' net margin of -13.29%. Mountain Province Diamonds' return on equity of -11.37% beat Star Diamond's return on equity.
Star Diamond has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Mountain Province Diamonds. Star Diamond is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mountain Province Diamonds, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Mountain Province Diamonds received 86 more outperform votes than Star Diamond when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 79.55% of users gave Star Diamond an outperform vote while only 56.28% of users gave Mountain Province Diamonds an outperform vote.
Star Diamond has a beta of 2.13, meaning that its share price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mountain Province Diamonds has a beta of 2.19, meaning that its share price is 119% more volatile than the S&P 500.
0.6% of Mountain Province Diamonds shares are owned by institutional investors. 34.1% of Star Diamond shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 36.1% of Mountain Province Diamonds shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Mountain Province Diamonds beats Star Diamond on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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