GEM vs. THS, SLP, EUA, PDL, EEE, GMET, GEMD, UFO, COBR, and FME
Should you be buying Gemfields Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gemfields Group include Tharisa (THS), Sylvania Platinum (SLP), Eurasia Mining (EUA), Petra Diamonds (PDL), Empire Metals (EEE), Golden Metal Resources (GMET), Gem Diamonds (GEMD), Alien Metals (UFO), Cobra Resources (COBR), and Future Metals (FME). These companies are all part of the "other precious metals & mining" industry.
Tharisa (LON:THS) and Gemfields Group (LON:GEM) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.
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.
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 0.59 beat Gemfields Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Tharisa is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Tharisa has a net margin of 10.03% compared to Gemfields Group's net margin of -3.85%. Tharisa's return on equity of 10.31% beat Gemfields Group's return on equity.
Gemfields Group received 311 more outperform votes than Tharisa when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 82.70% of users gave Tharisa an outperform vote while only 75.45% of users gave Gemfields Group an outperform vote.
Tharisa has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gemfields Group has a beta of 0.15, meaning that its share price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Tharisa pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Gemfields Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. Tharisa pays out 952.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Gemfields Group pays out -10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gemfields Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Tharisa presently has a consensus target price of GBX 130, indicating a potential upside of 80.56%. Given Tharisa's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Tharisa is more favorable than Gemfields Group.
4.0% of Tharisa shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.2% of Gemfields Group shares are held by institutional investors. 65.7% of Tharisa shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 47.6% of Gemfields Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Tharisa beats Gemfields Group on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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