Karelian Diamond Resources (KDR) Competitors

Karelian Diamond Resources (LON:KDR) and Botswana Diamonds (LON:BOD) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and community ranking.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, KDR or BOD?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Karelian Diamond Resources	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Botswana Diamonds	N/A	N/A	-£3.60M	N/A	N/A

Do analysts prefer KDR or BOD?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Karelian Diamond Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Botswana Diamonds	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more risk and volatility, KDR or BOD?

Karelian Diamond Resources has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Botswana Diamonds has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer KDR or BOD?

In the previous week, Botswana Diamonds had 2 more articles in the media than Karelian Diamond Resources. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Botswana Diamonds and 0 mentions for Karelian Diamond Resources. Botswana Diamonds' average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Karelian Diamond Resources' score of 0.00 indicating that Botswana Diamonds is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Karelian Diamond Resources	Neutral
Botswana Diamonds	Positive

Is KDR or BOD more profitable?

Karelian Diamond Resources' return on equity of -2.71% beat Botswana Diamonds' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Karelian Diamond Resources	N/A	-2.71%	-2.12%
Botswana Diamonds	N/A	-53.33%	-29.20%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in KDR or BOD?

Botswana Diamonds received 120 more outperform votes than Karelian Diamond Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.26% of users gave Botswana Diamonds an outperform vote while only 58.73% of users gave Karelian Diamond Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Karelian Diamond Resources	Outperform Votes 111 58.73%	Underperform Votes 78 41.27%
Botswana Diamonds	Outperform Votes 231 62.26%	Underperform Votes 140 37.74%

Summary

Botswana Diamonds beats Karelian Diamond Resources on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.