FDY vs. NCU, MIN, ARG, III, LGD, ME, GFP, GDL, NB, and WM
Should you be buying Faraday Copper stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Faraday Copper include Nevada Copper (NCU), Excelsior Mining (MIN), Amerigo Resources (ARG), Imperial Metals (III), Liberty Gold (LGD), Moneta Gold (ME), GreenFirst Forest Products (GFP), Goodfellow (GDL), NioCorp Developments (NB), and Wallbridge Mining (WM). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Faraday Copper (TSE:FDY) and Nevada Copper (TSE:NCU) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.
15.9% of Faraday Copper shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Nevada Copper shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Faraday Copper shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 52.2% of Nevada Copper shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Faraday Copper currently has a consensus price target of C$1.30, indicating a potential upside of 64.56%. Nevada Copper has a consensus price target of C$0.30, indicating a potential upside of 215.79%. Given Nevada Copper's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Nevada Copper is more favorable than Faraday Copper.
Faraday Copper has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Nevada Copper. Faraday Copper is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nevada Copper, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Faraday Copper has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nevada Copper has a beta of 2.76, suggesting that its share price is 176% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Nevada Copper received 336 more outperform votes than Faraday Copper when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 83.33% of users gave Faraday Copper an outperform vote while only 78.03% of users gave Nevada Copper an outperform vote.
Nevada Copper's return on equity of -27.57% beat Faraday Copper's return on equity.
In the previous week, Nevada Copper had 2 more articles in the media than Faraday Copper. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Nevada Copper and 2 mentions for Faraday Copper. Nevada Copper's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Faraday Copper's score of 0.23 indicating that Nevada Copper is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Nevada Copper beats Faraday Copper on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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