Northern Dynasty Minerals (NAK) Competitors

Fortuna Mining (NYSE:FSM) and Northern Dynasty Minerals (NASDAQ:NAK) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts prefer FSM or NAK?

Fortuna Mining presently has a consensus price target of $8.00, suggesting a potential downside of 10.91%. Given Fortuna Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Fortuna Mining is more favorable than Northern Dynasty Minerals.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fortuna Mining	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.14
Northern Dynasty Minerals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has better earnings and valuation, FSM or NAK?

Fortuna Mining has higher revenue and earnings than Northern Dynasty Minerals. Northern Dynasty Minerals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fortuna Mining, 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
Fortuna Mining	$1.19B	2.32	$128.74M	$0.50	17.96
Northern Dynasty Minerals	N/A	N/A	N/A	-$0.11	-13.73

Which has more risk & volatility, FSM or NAK?

Fortuna Mining has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northern Dynasty Minerals has a beta of -0.6, meaning that its share price is 160% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is FSM or NAK more profitable?

Fortuna Mining has a net margin of 14.36% compared to Northern Dynasty Minerals' net margin of 0.00%. Fortuna Mining's return on equity of 12.74% beat Northern Dynasty Minerals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fortuna Mining	14.36%	12.74%	8.99%
Northern Dynasty Minerals	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of FSM or NAK?

33.8% of Fortuna Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.6% of Northern Dynasty Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Fortuna Mining shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Northern Dynasty Minerals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to FSM or NAK?

In the previous week, Fortuna Mining had 9 more articles in the media than Northern Dynasty Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Fortuna Mining and 2 mentions for Northern Dynasty Minerals. Northern Dynasty Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Fortuna Mining's score of 0.62 indicating that Northern Dynasty Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Fortuna Mining	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Northern Dynasty Minerals	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Fortuna Mining beats Northern Dynasty Minerals on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.