VNP vs. ECO, NEO, BOS, CHE.UN, III, GRA, AOT, GGD, AR, and VGCX
Should you be buying 5N Plus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of 5N Plus include EcoSynthetix (ECO), Neo Performance Materials (NEO), AirBoss of America (BOS), Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund (CHE.UN), Imperial Metals (III), NanoXplore (GRA), Ascot Resources (AOT), GoGold Resources (GGD), Argonaut Gold (AR), and Victoria Gold (VGCX). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
EcoSynthetix (TSE:ECO) and 5N Plus (TSE:VNP) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.
5N Plus has a consensus price target of C$5.63, indicating a potential upside of 18.42%. Given EcoSynthetix's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe 5N Plus is more favorable than EcoSynthetix.
5N Plus has higher revenue and earnings than EcoSynthetix. EcoSynthetix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than 5N Plus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, EcoSynthetix and EcoSynthetix both had 2 articles in the media. 5N Plus' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled EcoSynthetix'saverage media sentiment score.
5N Plus has a net margin of 6.35% compared to 5N Plus' net margin of -22.28%. EcoSynthetix's return on equity of 12.76% beat 5N Plus' return on equity.
5N Plus received 151 more outperform votes than EcoSynthetix when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 78.39% of users gave EcoSynthetix an outperform vote while only 7.81% of users gave 5N Plus an outperform vote.
EcoSynthetix has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 5N Plus has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
16.8% of EcoSynthetix shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.2% of 5N Plus shares are held by institutional investors. 16.0% of EcoSynthetix shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of 5N Plus shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
5N Plus beats EcoSynthetix on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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