Midnight Sun Mining (MMA) Competitors

Northern Graphite (CVE:NGC) and Midnight Sun Mining (CVE:MMA) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, risk, community ranking, dividends and earnings.

Which has more volatility & risk, NGC or MMA?

Northern Graphite has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Midnight Sun Mining has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is NGC or MMA more profitable?

Midnight Sun Mining has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Midnight Sun Mining's net margin of -113.08%. Northern Graphite's return on equity of -25.63% beat Midnight Sun Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Northern Graphite	-113.08%	-49.91%	-5.83%
Midnight Sun Mining	N/A	-25.63%	-15.31%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NGC or MMA?

Northern Graphite received 50 more outperform votes than Midnight Sun Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.00% of users gave Northern Graphite an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave Midnight Sun Mining an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Northern Graphite	Outperform Votes 68 68.00%	Underperform Votes 32 32.00%
Midnight Sun Mining	Outperform Votes 18 66.67%	Underperform Votes 9 33.33%

Do analysts recommend NGC or MMA?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Northern Graphite	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Midnight Sun Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media prefer NGC or MMA?

In the previous week, Northern Graphite had 3 more articles in the media than Midnight Sun Mining. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Northern Graphite and 1 mentions for Midnight Sun Mining. Northern Graphite's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Midnight Sun Mining's score of 0.16 indicating that Midnight Sun Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Northern Graphite	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Midnight Sun Mining	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, NGC or MMA?

Midnight Sun Mining has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Northern Graphite. Midnight Sun Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northern Graphite, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Northern Graphite	C$16.26M	1.76	-C$18.38M	-C$0.11	-2.00
Midnight Sun Mining	N/A	N/A	-C$3.92M	-C$0.04	-6.50

Do insiders and institutionals believe in NGC or MMA?

1.9% of Northern Graphite shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of Northern Graphite shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.1% of Midnight Sun Mining shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Northern Graphite beats Midnight Sun Mining on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.