First Class Metals (FCM) Competitors

First Class Metals (LON:FCM) and Tirupati Graphite (LON:TGR) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings, community ranking and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of FCM or TGR?

5.6% of First Class Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.4% of Tirupati Graphite shares are owned by institutional investors. 68.9% of First Class Metals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 35.9% of Tirupati Graphite shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, FCM or TGR?

First Class Metals has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Tirupati Graphite. First Class Metals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tirupati 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
First Class Metals	N/A	N/A	-£2.20M	-£2.18	-1.01
Tirupati Graphite	£4.38M	0.00	-£3.59M	-£2.59	N/A

Is FCM or TGR more profitable?

First Class Metals has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Tirupati Graphite's net margin of -81.93%. Tirupati Graphite's return on equity of -14.53% beat First Class Metals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Class Metals	N/A	-49.44%	N/A
Tirupati Graphite	-81.93%	-14.53%	-5.46%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FCM or TGR?

First Class Metals and Tirupati Graphite both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Class Metals	N/A	N/A
Tirupati Graphite	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor FCM or TGR?

In the previous week, First Class Metals had 1 more articles in the media than Tirupati Graphite. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for First Class Metals and 0 mentions for Tirupati Graphite. First Class Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Tirupati Graphite's score of 0.00 indicating that First Class Metals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
First Class Metals	Positive
Tirupati Graphite	Neutral

Summary

First Class Metals beats Tirupati Graphite on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.