Free Trial

NioCorp Developments (NB) Competitors

NioCorp Developments logo
$2.62 +0.05 (+1.95%)
Closing price 06/11/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
Extended Trading
$2.58 -0.04 (-1.53%)
As of 06/11/2025 07:35 PM Eastern
Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more.

NB vs. SGML, ASM, EU, DC, LZM, LAR, LAAC, WRN, NMG, and THM

Should you be buying NioCorp Developments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NioCorp Developments include Sigma Lithium (SGML), Avino Silver & Gold Mines (ASM), enCore Energy (EU), Dakota Gold (DC), Lifezone Metals (LZM), Lithium Argentina (LAR), Lithium Americas (Argentina) (LAAC), Western Copper & Gold (WRN), Nouveau Monde Graphite (NMG), and International Tower Hill Mines (THM). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.

NioCorp Developments vs. Its Competitors

NioCorp Developments (NASDAQ:NB) and Sigma Lithium (NASDAQ:SGML) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk and dividends.

NioCorp Developments has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Sigma Lithium. Sigma Lithium is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NioCorp Developments, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
NioCorp DevelopmentsN/AN/A-$11.44M-$0.78-3.36
Sigma Lithium$155.92M3.90-$28.33M-$0.37-14.78

NioCorp Developments has a beta of -0.39, suggesting that its stock price is 139% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sigma Lithium has a beta of 0.07, suggesting that its stock price is 93% less volatile than the S&P 500.

NioCorp Developments currently has a consensus price target of $4.13, suggesting a potential upside of 57.44%. Sigma Lithium has a consensus price target of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 229.07%. Given Sigma Lithium's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Sigma Lithium is more favorable than NioCorp Developments.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
NioCorp Developments
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Sigma Lithium
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Sigma Lithium received 10 more outperform votes than NioCorp Developments when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave NioCorp Developments an outperform vote while only 64.29% of users gave Sigma Lithium an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
NioCorp DevelopmentsOutperform Votes
8
80.00%
Underperform Votes
2
20.00%
Sigma LithiumOutperform Votes
18
64.29%
Underperform Votes
10
35.71%

NioCorp Developments has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Sigma Lithium's net margin of -36.85%. Sigma Lithium's return on equity of -38.04% beat NioCorp Developments' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NioCorp DevelopmentsN/A -1,273.17% -140.97%
Sigma Lithium -36.85%-38.04%-13.30%

4.0% of NioCorp Developments shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.9% of Sigma Lithium shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.1% of NioCorp Developments shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 48.6% of Sigma Lithium shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Sigma Lithium had 1 more articles in the media than NioCorp Developments. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Sigma Lithium and 1 mentions for NioCorp Developments. NioCorp Developments' average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Sigma Lithium's score of 0.61 indicating that NioCorp Developments is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
NioCorp Developments Positive
Sigma Lithium Positive

Summary

Sigma Lithium beats NioCorp Developments on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

Get NioCorp Developments News Delivered to You Automatically

Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for NB and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding NB and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip Chart

Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Skip Chart

NB vs. The Competition

MetricNioCorp DevelopmentsMetal mining IndustryMaterials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$145.96M$7.26B$3.19B$8.61B
Dividend YieldN/A3.34%5.04%4.18%
P/E Ratio-3.4015.9176.4320.06
Price / SalesN/A112.9026,914,679,906,559,100.00157.10
Price / CashN/A21.4824.2634.64
Price / Book17.475.165.384.70
Net Income-$11.44M$613.46M$155.01M$247.88M
7 Day Performance-5.42%1.47%0.69%2.66%
1 Month Performance16.44%10.29%7.08%6.40%
1 Year Performance22.43%22.27%21.28%14.07%

NioCorp Developments Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NB
NioCorp Developments
1.7447 of 5 stars
$2.62
+1.9%
$4.13
+57.4%
+20.7%$145.96MN/A-3.408
SGML
Sigma Lithium
2.4079 of 5 stars
$4.64
-1.1%
$18.00
+287.9%
-59.6%$516.34M$155.92M-9.67250
ASM
Avino Silver & Gold Mines
1.578 of 5 stars
$3.34
+5.4%
$2.27
-32.1%
+267.6%$473.14M$72.62M167.0834Positive News
High Trading Volume
EU
enCore Energy
3.0169 of 5 stars
$1.92
-4.5%
$2.75
+43.2%
-45.8%$359.05M$46.18M-6.86N/APositive News
DC
Dakota Gold
2.5087 of 5 stars
$3.16
+3.3%
$7.50
+137.3%
+40.7%$314.35MN/A-7.7120
LZM
Lifezone Metals
1.0062 of 5 stars
$4.02
+0.6%
$14.00
+248.7%
-52.3%$314.25M$140.52K0.0084
LAR
Lithium Argentina
2.8089 of 5 stars
$1.74
+0.6%
$3.25
+86.8%
N/A$281.71MN/A0.22850
LAAC
Lithium Americas (Argentina)
3.6242 of 5 stars
$1.73
-3.4%
$5.13
+196.2%
-49.5%$280.14MN/A0.22850Positive News
WRN
Western Copper & Gold
1.349 of 5 stars
$1.17
+2.6%
$4.25
+263.2%
N/A$234MN/A-58.508
NMG
Nouveau Monde Graphite
2.6197 of 5 stars
$1.76
-1.4%
$2.58
+46.7%
-8.9%$197.58MN/A-2.74122News Coverage
THM
International Tower Hill Mines
0.1675 of 5 stars
$0.84
+4.3%
N/AN/A$175.23MN/A-42.153Short Interest ↑
High Trading Volume

Related Companies and Tools


This page (NASDAQ:NB) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
From Our Partners