FOM vs. MDI, U, LMC, LI, GGD, HZM, NLC, MMX, AFM, and POM
Should you be buying Foran Mining stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Foran Mining include Major Drilling Group International (MDI), Uranium Participation (U), Leagold Mining (LMC), American Lithium (LI), GoGold Resources (GGD), Horizonte Minerals (HZM), Neo Lithium (NLC), Maverix Metals (MMX), Alphamin Resources (AFM), and PolyMet Mining (POM). These companies are all part of the "industrial metals & minerals" industry.
Foran Mining vs.
Major Drilling Group International (TSE:MDI) and Foran Mining (CVE:FOM) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Major Drilling Group International received 126 more outperform votes than Foran Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.07% of users gave Major Drilling Group International an outperform vote while only 52.22% of users gave Foran Mining an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Major Drilling Group International and Major Drilling Group International both had 1 articles in the media. Major Drilling Group International's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Foran Mining's score of 0.00 indicating that Major Drilling Group International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Major Drilling Group International presently has a consensus price target of C$16.88, suggesting a potential upside of 63.99%. Foran Mining has a consensus price target of C$4.03, suggesting a potential upside of 16.57%. Given Major Drilling Group International's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Major Drilling Group International is more favorable than Foran Mining.
Major Drilling Group International has a net margin of 10.34% compared to Foran Mining's net margin of 0.00%. Major Drilling Group International's return on equity of 20.09% beat Foran Mining's return on equity.
Major Drilling Group International has higher revenue and earnings than Foran Mining. Foran Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Major Drilling Group International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
79.3% of Major Drilling Group International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.4% of Foran Mining shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Major Drilling Group International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.9% of Foran Mining shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Major Drilling Group International has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Foran Mining has a beta of 3.71, meaning that its stock price is 271% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Major Drilling Group International beats Foran Mining on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FOM and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of CVE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Foran Mining Competitors List
