Cornish Metals (CUSN) Competitors

Ecora Resources (LON:ECOR) and Cornish Metals (LON:CUSN) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.

Is ECOR or CUSN more profitable?

Ecora Resources has a net margin of 30.67% compared to Cornish Metals' net margin of 0.00%. Ecora Resources' return on equity of 6.36% beat Cornish Metals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ecora Resources	30.67%	6.36%	5.07%
Cornish Metals	N/A	-0.22%	-2.52%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of ECOR or CUSN?

37.6% of Ecora Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.4% of Cornish Metals shares are held by institutional investors. 21.9% of Ecora Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.9% of Cornish Metals shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, ECOR or CUSN?

Ecora Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Cornish Metals. Cornish Metals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ecora Resources, 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
Ecora Resources	£94.02M	2.37	£28.84M	£7.58	9.58
Cornish Metals	N/A	N/A	-£328.47K	-£0.02	-340.50

Which has more volatility and risk, ECOR or CUSN?

Ecora Resources has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its share price is 38% less 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.

Does the media favor ECOR or CUSN?

In the previous week, Ecora Resources had 1 more articles in the media than Cornish Metals. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Ecora Resources and 1 mentions for Cornish Metals. Cornish Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Ecora Resources' score of 0.73 indicating that Cornish Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ecora Resources	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cornish Metals	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer ECOR or CUSN?

Ecora Resources presently has a consensus price target of GBX 135, suggesting a potential upside of 85.95%. Given Ecora Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Ecora Resources is more favorable than Cornish Metals.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ecora Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Cornish Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Ecora Resources beats Cornish Metals on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.