Goldquest Mining (CVE:GQC) and Mountain Province Diamonds (TSE:MPVD) 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 institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current recommendations for Goldquest Mining and Mountain Province Diamonds, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score |
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Goldquest Mining | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Mountain Province Diamonds | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 |
Mountain Province Diamonds has a consensus price target of C$0.38, indicating a potential downside of 48.63%. Given Mountain Province Diamonds' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Mountain Province Diamonds is more favorable than Goldquest Mining.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Goldquest Mining and Mountain Province Diamonds' revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio |
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Goldquest Mining | N/A | N/A | N/A | C($0.01) | -43.33 |
Mountain Province Diamonds | C$211.82 million | 0.73 | C$-190,006,551.00 | C($0.90) | -0.81 |
Goldquest Mining has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Mountain Province Diamonds. Goldquest Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mountain Province Diamonds, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Goldquest Mining and Mountain Province Diamonds' net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets |
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Goldquest Mining | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Mountain Province Diamonds | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Summary
Mountain Province Diamonds beats Goldquest Mining on 3 of the 4 factors compared between the two stocks.