Gemfields Group (GEM) Competitors

Gemfields Group (LON:GEM) and Tharisa (LON:THS) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GEM or THS?

Gemfields Group received 309 more outperform votes than Tharisa when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 82.82% of users gave Tharisa an outperform vote while only 75.45% of users gave Gemfields Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Gemfields Group	Outperform Votes 550 75.45%	Underperform Votes 179 24.55%
Tharisa	Outperform Votes 241 82.82%	Underperform Votes 50 17.18%

Is GEM or THS a better dividend stock?

Gemfields Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 22.2%. Tharisa pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Gemfields Group pays out -121.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tharisa pays out 9.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Gemfields Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, GEM or THS?

Tharisa has higher revenue and earnings than Gemfields Group. Gemfields Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tharisa, 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
Gemfields Group	£282.03M	0.23	-£15.03M	-£0.82	-5.48
Tharisa	£842.77M	0.24	£96.84M	£21.85	2.52

Do analysts rate GEM or THS?

Tharisa has a consensus price target of GBX 130, suggesting a potential upside of 136.36%. Given Tharisa's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Tharisa is more favorable than Gemfields Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gemfields Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Tharisa	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is GEM or THS more profitable?

Tharisa has a net margin of 11.49% compared to Gemfields Group's net margin of -5.33%. Tharisa's return on equity of 12.09% beat Gemfields Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gemfields Group	-5.33%	-2.88%	2.46%
Tharisa	11.49%	12.09%	5.09%

Does the media refer more to GEM or THS?

In the previous week, Tharisa had 1 more articles in the media than Gemfields Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Tharisa and 0 mentions for Gemfields Group. Tharisa's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Gemfields Group's score of -0.39 indicating that Tharisa is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Gemfields Group	Neutral
Tharisa	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals believe in GEM or THS?

35.6% of Gemfields Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.9% of Tharisa shares are owned by institutional investors. 47.6% of Gemfields Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 65.7% of Tharisa shares are owned 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 more volatility & risk, GEM or THS?

Gemfields Group has a beta of 0.11, meaning that its share price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tharisa has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Tharisa beats Gemfields Group on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.