First Tin (1SN) Competitors

First Tin (LON:1SN) and Cornish Metals (LON:CUSN) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Is 1SN or CUSN more profitable?

Cornish Metals' return on equity of -0.22% beat First Tin's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Tin	N/A	-5.59%	-3.50%
Cornish Metals	N/A	-0.22%	-2.52%

Which has more volatility and risk, 1SN or CUSN?

First Tin has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cornish Metals has a beta of 2.48, indicating that its share price is 148% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, 1SN or CUSN?

First Tin is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cornish Metals, 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
First Tin	N/A	N/A	-£2.26M	-£0.01	-620.00
Cornish Metals	N/A	N/A	-£328.47K	-£0.02	-374.55

Does the MarketBeat Community favor 1SN or CUSN?

First Tin and Cornish Metals both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Tin	N/A	N/A
Cornish Metals	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 2 100.00%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in 1SN or CUSN?

21.5% of First Tin shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.4% of Cornish Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. 49.8% of First Tin shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 32.9% of Cornish Metals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer 1SN or CUSN?

In the previous week, First Tin and First Tin both had 1 articles in the media. Cornish Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat First Tin's score of 0.00 indicating that Cornish Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
First Tin	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Cornish Metals	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Cornish Metals beats First Tin on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.