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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Stocks - Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
BME BlackRock Health Sciences Trust	$38.51 +0.2%	$41.46	$35.53 ▼ $43.20	N/A	N/A	33,704 shs	49,560 shs
CRE Critical Elements Lithium	C$0.70 +6.1%	C$0.67	C$0.55 ▼ C$2.37	C$152.45M	0.5	205,577 shs	209,563 shs
FCC First Cobalt	C$0.31 -1.6%	C$0.30	C$0.13 ▼ C$0.46	C$162.97M	N/A	1.17 million shs	463,523 shs
NVA NuVista Energy	C$11.93 -2.2%	C$11.44	C$9.59 ▼ C$13.72	C$2.48B	2.85	427,463 shs	571,758 shs
PDL North American Palladium	C$19.73	C$19.73	C$9.12 ▼ C$26.30	C$1.16B	N/A	133,012 shs	90,733 shs

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Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
BME BlackRock Health Sciences Trust	+0.16%	-3.56%	-6.44%	-9.11%	-8.05%
CRE Critical Elements Lithium	+6.06%	+2.94%	+9.37%	-4.11%	-67.44%
FCC First Cobalt	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
NVA NuVista Energy	-2.21%	-0.67%	+3.92%	+6.71%	+0.51%
PDL North American Palladium	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%

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MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
BME BlackRock Health Sciences Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
CRE Critical Elements Lithium	0.6172 of 5 stars	3.5	0.0	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
FCC First Cobalt	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
NVA NuVista Energy	3.8129 of 5 stars	3.4	0.0	1.7	0.0	2.7	2.5	2.5
PDL North American Palladium	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
BME BlackRock Health Sciences Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
CRE Critical Elements Lithium	3.00	Buy	C$3.93	461.90% Upside
FCC First Cobalt	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
NVA NuVista Energy	2.78	Moderate Buy	C$14.81	24.10% Upside
PDL North American Palladium	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Current Analyst Ratings

Latest PDL, CRE, FCC, NVA, and BME Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
4/9/2024	NVA NuVista Energy	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target	Outperform	C$17.00
3/22/2024	NVA NuVista Energy	Desjardins Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy	C$15.00 ➝ C$14.75
3/4/2024	NVA NuVista Energy	Stifel Nicolaus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target		C$14.25 ➝ C$14.50
3/1/2024	NVA NuVista Energy	CIBC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Outperform	C$15.00 ➝ C$15.50
2/27/2024	NVA NuVista Energy	Jefferies Financial Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target	Buy	C$13.00
1/19/2024	NVA NuVista Energy	Raymond James Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Outperform	C$18.00 ➝ C$14.50

(Data available from 4/16/2021 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
BME BlackRock Health Sciences Trust	$20.41M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
CRE Critical Elements Lithium	N/A	N/A	C$0.05 per share	13.31	C$0.33 per share	N/A
FCC First Cobalt	N/A	N/A	C$0.11 per share	2.65	C$0.20 per share	N/A
NVA NuVista Energy	C$1.26B	1.97	N/A	N/A	C$10.19 per share	1.17
PDL North American Palladium	C$536.30M	2.16	C$1.16 per share	16.99	C$10.61 per share	1.86

Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
BME BlackRock Health Sciences Trust	N/A	N/A	0.00	∞	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
CRE Critical Elements Lithium	-C$3.92M	-C$0.02	N/A	∞	N/A	N/A	-5.84%	-6.31%	4/26/2024 (Estimated)
FCC First Cobalt	N/A	-C$0.04	N/A	∞	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
NVA NuVista Energy	C$367.68M	C$1.65	7.23	∞	0.59	29.12%	18.16%	10.71%	5/14/2024 (Estimated)
PDL North American Palladium	N/A	C$3.14	6.29	∞	0.08	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest PDL, CRE, FCC, NVA, and BME Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue	Details
2/29/2024	Q4 2023	NVA NuVista Energy	C$0.49	C$0.41	-C$0.08	C$0.41	C$364.00 million	C$365.50 million

Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
BME BlackRock Health Sciences Trust	$2.55	6.62%	+2.12%	N/A	N/A
CRE Critical Elements Lithium	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
FCC First Cobalt	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
NVA NuVista Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
PDL North American Palladium	C$0.23	1.17%	N/A	7.33%	N/A

Latest PDL, CRE, FCC, NVA, and BME Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
4/1/2024	BME BlackRock Health Sciences Trust	Monthly	$0.2130	6.37%	4/12/2024	4/15/2024	4/30/2024
3/1/2024	BME BlackRock Health Sciences Trust	Monthly	$0.2130	6.01%	3/14/2024	3/15/2024	3/28/2024
2/1/2024	BME BlackRock Health Sciences Trust	Monthly	$0.2130	6.14%	2/14/2024	2/15/2024	2/29/2024

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
BME BlackRock Health Sciences Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A
CRE Critical Elements Lithium	0.32	18.49	11.23
FCC First Cobalt	20.98	30.70	30.51
NVA NuVista Energy	14.42	1.04	0.78
PDL North American Palladium	1.28	3.83	3.26

Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
BME BlackRock Health Sciences Trust	N/A
CRE Critical Elements Lithium	4.49%
FCC First Cobalt	N/A
NVA NuVista Energy	24.73%
PDL North American Palladium	N/A

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
BME BlackRock Health Sciences Trust	N/A
CRE Critical Elements Lithium	4.27%
FCC First Cobalt	N/A
NVA NuVista Energy	22.89%
PDL North American Palladium	N/A

Miscellaneous

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
BME BlackRock Health Sciences Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	Not Optionable
CRE Critical Elements Lithium	N/A	217.78 million	N/A	Not Optionable
FCC First Cobalt	6	534.33 million	N/A	Not Optionable
NVA NuVista Energy	88	207.58 million	N/A	Not Optionable
PDL North American Palladium	N/A	58.84 million	N/A	Not Optionable

PDL, CRE, FCC, NVA, and BME Headlines

Source	Headline
	North American eclipse 2024: How scientists will study it bbc.com - April 4 at 5:09 PM
	Palladium price drops below platinum for the first time since 2018 msn.com - February 8 at 2:53 PM
	Wild Horses as Native North American Wildlife awionline.org - January 17 at 12:13 AM
	NHL, NHLPA renew North American partnership with Enterprise nhl.com - October 24 at 8:28 AM
	North American Cambridge Latin Course 5th Edition cambridge.org - September 18 at 7:53 PM
	North American breeding duck numbers decline, survey shows grandforksherald.com - August 29 at 4:20 AM
	Travis Scott announces 2023 North American tour thefader.com - August 18 at 8:45 PM
	'Barbenheimer' frenzy hits North American cinemas news.yahoo.com - August 18 at 5:05 AM
	Wisconsin tribal athletes to compete in 'Indigenous Olympics' jsonline.com - July 22 at 7:28 PM
	Looking ahead to the North American Indigenous Games 2023 cbc.ca - July 16 at 5:53 PM
	Partner With Palladium and Sell as a Specialist travelpulse.com - June 21 at 5:36 PM
	The 1975 Announces North American Fall Tour aol.com - June 16 at 7:29 PM
	Why North American Palladium (PAL) is Dead thestreet.com - June 14 at 2:11 PM
	Sam Smith Announces Dates for 2023 ‘Gloria’ North American Arena Tour billboard.com - May 2 at 4:23 PM
	Little Simz announces North American tour nme.com - April 12 at 9:59 PM
	Little Simz Plots Fall 2023 ‘No Thank You’ North American Tour rollingstone.com - April 12 at 9:59 PM
	Little Simz Announces First North American Tour In Over Four Years stereogum.com - April 12 at 9:59 PM
	Little Simz Announces 2023 North American Tour Dates pitchfork.com - April 12 at 9:59 PM
	What High Palladium Prices Mean to Mining Stocks thestreet.com - March 9 at 6:40 PM
	2022 North American Fenestration Standard published woodworkingnetwork.com - February 25 at 4:57 PM
	North American Specialty Laminations ("NASL") Taps Industry Veteran Eric Spence to Lead National Business Development and Marketing Efforts finance.yahoo.com - February 22 at 3:42 PM
	Bruce Springsteen Announces New North American Tour Dates ultimateclassicrock.com - February 16 at 4:20 PM
	2023 North American Car, Truck, And Utility Vehicle Of The Year Winners chron.com - January 13 at 11:22 PM
	North American Car, Truck, Utility of the Year Winners Awarded newsweek.com - January 13 at 11:22 PM

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Company Descriptions

BlackRock Health Sciences Trust

NYSE:BME

BlackRock Health Sciences Trust is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched by BlackRock, Inc. The fund is managed by BlackRock Advisors, LLC. It invests in the public equity markets of the United States. The fund seeks to invest in stocks of companies operating in the health sciences and related sectors, which include businesses involved in researching, developing, producing, distributing or delivering medical, dental, optical, pharmaceutical or biotechnology products, supplies, equipment, or services. It also invests through equity derivatives, with an emphasis on option writing. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the Russell 3000 Healthcare Index. BlackRock Health Sciences Trust was formed on March 31, 2005 and is domiciled in the United States.

Critical Elements Lithium

CVE:CRE

Critical Elements Lithium Corporation engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mining properties in Canada. The company explores for copper, zinc, gold, silver, nickel, lead, lithium, niobium, tantalum, platinum group, and rare earth elements. Its flagship project is the Rose Lithium-Tantalum project that consists of 473 claims covering a total area of 244.99 square kilometers located in the Eastmain greenstone belt. The company was formerly known as Critical Elements Corporation and changed its name to Critical Elements Lithium Corporation in June 2019. Critical Elements Lithium Corporation was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Blainville, Canada.

First Cobalt

CVE:FCC

First Cobalt Corp. acquires and explores for resource properties in the United States and Canada. The company primarily explores for cobalt and silver deposits. Its flagship project is the Iron Creek cobalt project, which covers an area of approximately 2,600 acres located in Lemhi County, Idaho. The company was formerly known as Aurgent Resource Corp. and changed its name to First Cobalt Corp. in September 2016. First Cobalt Corp. was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

NuVista Energy

TSE:NVA

NuVista Energy Ltd., together with its subsidiary, engages in the exploration, development, and production of oil and natural gas reserves in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. The company is involved in the development, delineation, and production of condensate, natural gas liquids, and natural gas reserves. It primarily focuses on the condensate rich Montney formation in the Pipestone and Wapiti areas of the Alberta Deep Basin. The company was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

North American Palladium

TSE:PDL

North American Palladium Ltd. produces precious metals in Canada. It explores for palladium, platinum, gold, nickel, copper, and other metals. It primarily holds interest in the Lac des Iles mine that is located to the northwest of Thunder Bay, Ontario. The company was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

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