LGO vs. ERD, S, NB, AII, SMT, WM, NEXT, FVL, FSY, and GEO
Should you be buying Largo stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Largo include Erdene Resource Development (ERD), Sherritt International (S), NioCorp Developments (NB), Almonty Industries (AII), Sierra Metals (SMT), Wallbridge Mining (WM), NextSource Materials (NEXT), Freegold Ventures (FVL), Forsys Metals (FSY), and Geodrill (GEO). These companies are all part of the "other industrial metals & mining" industry.
Erdene Resource Development (TSE:ERD) and Largo (TSE:LGO) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Erdene Resource Development has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Erdene Resource Development's net margin of -15.27%. Largo's return on equity of 0.94% beat Erdene Resource Development's return on equity.
6.1% of Erdene Resource Development shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.9% of Largo shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.2% of Erdene Resource Development shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Largo shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Erdene Resource Development has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Largo.
In the previous week, Erdene Resource Development had 2 more articles in the media than Largo. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Erdene Resource Development and 1 mentions for Largo. Largo's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Erdene Resource Development's score of 0.00 indicating that Erdene Resource Development is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Erdene Resource Development has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Largo has a beta of 2, meaning that its stock price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Erdene Resource Development beats Largo on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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