NEO vs. ECO, BOS, VNP, CNL, FAR, JAG, NDM, MND, ADN, and GOLD
Should you be buying Neo Performance Materials stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Neo Performance Materials include EcoSynthetix (ECO), AirBoss of America (BOS), 5N Plus (VNP), Collective Mining (CNL), Foraco International (FAR), Jaguar Mining (JAG), Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM), Mandalay Resources (MND), Acadian Timber (ADN), and GoldMining (GOLD). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Neo Performance Materials (TSE:NEO) and EcoSynthetix (TSE:ECO) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and risk.
30.3% of Neo Performance Materials shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.8% of EcoSynthetix shares are held by institutional investors. 21.8% of Neo Performance Materials shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.1% of EcoSynthetix shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Neo Performance Materials currently has a consensus price target of C$9.83, indicating a potential upside of 43.13%. Given Neo Performance Materials' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Neo Performance Materials is more favorable than EcoSynthetix.
Neo Performance Materials has a net margin of -1.48% compared to EcoSynthetix's net margin of -17.17%. Neo Performance Materials' return on equity of -1.84% beat EcoSynthetix's return on equity.
In the previous week, Neo Performance Materials had 10 more articles in the media than EcoSynthetix. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Neo Performance Materials and 7 mentions for EcoSynthetix. EcoSynthetix's average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat Neo Performance Materials' score of -0.01 indicating that EcoSynthetix is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Neo Performance Materials has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EcoSynthetix has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
EcoSynthetix received 230 more outperform votes than Neo Performance Materials when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.39% of users gave EcoSynthetix an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Neo Performance Materials an outperform vote.
EcoSynthetix has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Neo Performance Materials. EcoSynthetix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Neo Performance Materials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Neo Performance Materials beats EcoSynthetix on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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