WM vs. NEXT, NB, GEO, S, ARA, TMQ, SLR, ERD, SAU, and LGO
Should you be buying Wallbridge Mining stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wallbridge Mining include NextSource Materials (NEXT), NioCorp Developments (NB), Geodrill (GEO), Sherritt International (S), Aclara Resources (ARA), Trilogy Metals (TMQ), Solitario Resources (SLR), Erdene Resource Development (ERD), St. Augustine Gold and Copper (SAU), and Largo (LGO). These companies are all part of the "other industrial metals & mining" industry.
NextSource Materials (TSE:NEXT) and Wallbridge Mining (TSE:WM) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, valuation, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Wallbridge Mining had 1 more articles in the media than NextSource Materials. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Wallbridge Mining and 0 mentions for NextSource Materials. NextSource Materials' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Wallbridge Mining's score of 0.00 indicating that Wallbridge Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
NextSource Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wallbridge Mining, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NextSource Materials and Wallbridge Mining both received 102 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 74.45% of users gave NextSource Materials an outperform vote while only 67.11% of users gave Wallbridge Mining an outperform vote.
0.6% of NextSource Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.0% of Wallbridge Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 48.6% of NextSource Materials shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.2% of Wallbridge Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
NextSource Materials has a beta of 2.21, indicating that its share price is 121% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wallbridge Mining has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
NextSource Materials currently has a consensus target price of C$2.50, suggesting a potential upside of 237.84%. Given Wallbridge Mining's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe NextSource Materials is more favorable than Wallbridge Mining.
NextSource Materials' return on equity of -3.56% beat Wallbridge Mining's return on equity.
Summary
Wallbridge Mining beats NextSource Materials on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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