NCU vs. FDY, MIN, ARG, III, BOS, AII, FF, LUC, ASM, and NB
Should you be buying Nevada Copper stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nevada Copper include Faraday Copper (FDY), Excelsior Mining (MIN), Amerigo Resources (ARG), Imperial Metals (III), AirBoss of America (BOS), Almonty Industries (AII), First Mining Gold (FF), Lucara Diamond (LUC), Avino Silver & Gold Mines (ASM), and NioCorp Developments (NB). 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 businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and earnings.
Faraday Copper's return on equity of -36.37% beat Nevada Copper's return on equity.
Faraday Copper has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nevada Copper has a beta of 2.64, meaning that its stock price is 164% 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.
Faraday Copper has higher revenue and earnings 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.
In the previous week, Nevada Copper had 1 more articles in the media than Faraday Copper. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Nevada Copper and 0 mentions for Faraday Copper. Nevada Copper's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Faraday Copper'saverage media sentiment score.
15.8% 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Faraday Copper presently has a consensus target price of C$1.30, suggesting a potential upside of 62.50%. Nevada Copper has a consensus target price of C$0.30, suggesting a potential upside of 233.33%. Given Faraday Copper's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Nevada Copper is more favorable than Faraday Copper.
Summary
Nevada Copper beats Faraday Copper on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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