MPVD vs. DIAM, ELR, ORV, AUMN, and ASM
Should you be buying Mountain Province Diamonds stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mountain Province Diamonds include Star Diamond (DIAM), 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.
Mountain Province Diamonds (TSE:MPVD) and Star Diamond (TSE:DIAM) 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 valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Mountain Province Diamonds has a beta of 2.22, suggesting that its share price is 122% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Star Diamond has a beta of 2.13, suggesting that its share price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
0.7% of Mountain Province Diamonds shares are held by institutional investors. 36.1% of Mountain Province Diamonds shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.4% of Star Diamond shares are held by 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.
Mountain Province Diamonds has higher revenue and earnings than Star Diamond. 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 has a net margin of 12.03% compared to Star Diamond's net margin of 0.00%. Mountain Province Diamonds' return on equity of 9.98% beat Star Diamond's return on equity.
In the previous week, Star Diamond had 27 more articles in the media than Mountain Province Diamonds. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Star Diamond and 1 mentions for Mountain Province Diamonds. Mountain Province Diamonds' average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Star Diamond's score of 0.38 indicating that Mountain Province Diamonds is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Mountain Province Diamonds beats Star Diamond on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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