First Class Metals (FCM) Competitors

First Class Metals (LON:FCM) and Cloudbreak Discovery (LON:CDL) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking and valuation.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, FCM or CDL?

First Class Metals has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cloudbreak Discovery. First Class Metals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cloudbreak Discovery, 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	N/A	-£0.02	-130.00
Cloudbreak Discovery	£559.52K	4.34	-£1.57M	-£0.01	-40.00

Do analysts recommend FCM or CDL?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Class Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Cloudbreak Discovery	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media prefer FCM or CDL?

In the previous week, Cloudbreak Discovery had 1 more articles in the media than First Class Metals. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Cloudbreak Discovery and 0 mentions for First Class Metals. Cloudbreak Discovery's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat First Class Metals' score of 0.00 indicating that Cloudbreak Discovery is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
First Class Metals	Neutral
Cloudbreak Discovery	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of FCM or CDL?

5.6% of First Class Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.3% of Cloudbreak Discovery shares are owned by institutional investors. 68.9% of First Class Metals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 24.5% of Cloudbreak Discovery shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FCM or CDL?

First Class Metals and Cloudbreak Discovery both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Class Metals	N/A	N/A
Cloudbreak Discovery	N/A	N/A

Is FCM or CDL more profitable?

First Class Metals' return on equity of 0.00% beat Cloudbreak Discovery's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Class Metals	N/A	N/A	N/A
Cloudbreak Discovery	N/A	-67.58%	-31.77%

Summary

Cloudbreak Discovery beats First Class Metals on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.