PDL vs. EEE, EUA, GEM, SLP, THS, KOD, WYN, ATM, MBH, and THX
Should you be buying Petra Diamonds stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Petra Diamonds include Empire Metals (EEE), Eurasia Mining (EUA), Gemfields Group (GEM), Sylvania Platinum (SLP), Tharisa (THS), Kodal Minerals (KOD), Wynnstay Group (WYN), Andrada Mining (ATM), Michelmersh Brick (MBH), and Thor Explorations (THX). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Petra Diamonds (LON:PDL) and Empire Metals (LON:EEE) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Petra Diamonds received 1252 more outperform votes than Empire Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 81.40% of users gave Petra Diamonds an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Empire Metals an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Petra Diamonds and Petra Diamonds both had 1 articles in the media. Empire Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.09 beat Petra Diamonds' score of 0.00 indicating that Empire Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Empire Metals has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Petra Diamonds.
41.1% of Petra Diamonds shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.6% of Empire Metals shares are held by institutional investors. 31.4% of Petra Diamonds shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.3% of Empire Metals shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Petra Diamonds presently has a consensus target price of GBX 70, suggesting a potential upside of 56.25%. Given Petra Diamonds' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Petra Diamonds is more favorable than Empire Metals.
Empire Metals has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Petra Diamonds' net margin of -29.78%. Petra Diamonds' return on equity of -16.73% beat Empire Metals' return on equity.
Petra Diamonds has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Empire Metals has a beta of 1.73, indicating that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Petra Diamonds beats Empire Metals on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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