ERD vs. LGO, S, AII, SMT, WM, NEXT, FSY, NB, GEO, and ARA
Should you be buying Erdene Resource Development stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Erdene Resource Development include Largo (LGO), Sherritt International (S), Almonty Industries (AII), Sierra Metals (SMT), Wallbridge Mining (WM), NextSource Materials (NEXT), Forsys Metals (FSY), NioCorp Developments (NB), Geodrill (GEO), and Aclara Resources (ARA). These companies are all part of the "other industrial metals & mining" industry.
Largo (TSE:LGO) and Erdene Resource Development (TSE:ERD) 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 analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk and media sentiment.
Largo has a beta of 1.99, suggesting that its stock price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Erdene Resource Development has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Erdene Resource Development has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Erdene Resource Development's net margin of -15.27%. Erdene Resource Development's return on equity of -12.20% beat Largo's return on equity.
67.1% of Largo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.2% of Erdene Resource Development shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Largo shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 22.2% of Erdene Resource Development shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Largo had 8 more articles in the media than Erdene Resource Development. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Largo and 0 mentions for Erdene Resource Development. Erdene Resource Development's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Largo's score of -0.11 indicating that Largo is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Erdene Resource Development has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Largo. Erdene Resource Development is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Largo, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Erdene Resource Development received 81 more outperform votes than Largo when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.00% of users gave Largo an outperform vote while only 69.29% of users gave Erdene Resource Development an outperform vote.
Summary
Largo beats Erdene Resource Development on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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