LUC vs. ASM, PTM, DNG, MPVD, ELR, PPTA, GGD, BOS, NCU, and LGO
Should you be buying Lucara Diamond stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lucara Diamond include Avino Silver & Gold Mines (ASM), Platinum Group Metals (PTM), Dynacor Group (DNG), Mountain Province Diamonds (MPVD), Eastern Platinum (ELR), Perpetua Resources (PPTA), GoGold Resources (GGD), AirBoss of America (BOS), Nevada Copper (NCU), and Largo (LGO). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Lucara Diamond (TSE:LUC) and Avino Silver & Gold Mines (TSE:ASM) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Lucara Diamond had 4 more articles in the media than Avino Silver & Gold Mines. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Lucara Diamond and 5 mentions for Avino Silver & Gold Mines. Avino Silver & Gold Mines' average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Lucara Diamond's score of 1.03 indicating that Avino Silver & Gold Mines is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Avino Silver & Gold Mines has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lucara Diamond. Lucara Diamond is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Avino Silver & Gold Mines, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lucara Diamond received 340 more outperform votes than Avino Silver & Gold Mines when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Avino Silver & Gold Mines an outperform vote while only 65.91% of users gave Lucara Diamond an outperform vote.
Avino Silver & Gold Mines has a net margin of 1.24% compared to Lucara Diamond's net margin of -11.38%. Avino Silver & Gold Mines' return on equity of 0.53% beat Lucara Diamond's return on equity.
Lucara Diamond has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avino Silver & Gold Mines has a beta of 1.98, suggesting that its share price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500.
16.8% of Lucara Diamond shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.9% of Avino Silver & Gold Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.3% of Lucara Diamond shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Avino Silver & Gold Mines shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Avino Silver & Gold Mines beats Lucara Diamond on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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