NioCorp Developments (NB) Competitors

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$2.33 -0.12 (-4.90%)
Closing price 02/14/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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NB vs. LZM, LAR, LAAC, DC, NMG, WRN, ASM, LGO, USAU, and ABAT

Should you be buying NioCorp Developments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NioCorp Developments include Lifezone Metals (LZM), Lithium Argentina (LAR), Lithium Americas (Argentina) (LAAC), Dakota Gold (DC), Nouveau Monde Graphite (NMG), Western Copper & Gold (WRN), Avino Silver & Gold Mines (ASM), Largo (LGO), U.S. Gold (USAU), and American Battery Technology (ABAT). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.

NioCorp Developments vs.

NioCorp Developments (NASDAQ:NB) and Lifezone Metals (NYSE:LZM) 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 media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk and community ranking.

NioCorp Developments has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Lifezone Metals' net margin of -24,521.17%. Lifezone Metals' return on equity of -294.91% beat NioCorp Developments' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NioCorp DevelopmentsN/A -8,973.12% -206.20%
Lifezone Metals -24,521.17%-294.91%-237.25%

NioCorp Developments currently has a consensus price target of $3.63, suggesting a potential upside of 55.58%. Lifezone Metals has a consensus price target of $12.50, suggesting a potential upside of 111.51%. Given Lifezone Metals' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lifezone Metals 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
Lifezone Metals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

NioCorp Developments has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lifezone Metals.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
NioCorp DevelopmentsN/AN/A-$11.44M-$0.85-2.74
Lifezone Metals$1.48M312.55-$363.88MN/AN/A

4.0% of NioCorp Developments shares are held by institutional investors. 18.7% of NioCorp Developments shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

NioCorp Developments and Lifezone Metals both received 7 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Lifezone Metals an outperform vote while only 87.50% of users gave NioCorp Developments an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
NioCorp DevelopmentsOutperform Votes
7
87.50%
Underperform Votes
1
12.50%
Lifezone MetalsOutperform Votes
7
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes

NioCorp Developments has a beta of -0.36, meaning that its share price is 136% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lifezone Metals has a beta of 0.33, meaning that its share price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, NioCorp Developments had 1 more articles in the media than Lifezone Metals. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for NioCorp Developments and 1 mentions for Lifezone Metals. Lifezone Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat NioCorp Developments' score of 0.30 indicating that Lifezone Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
NioCorp Developments
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Lifezone Metals
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

NioCorp Developments and Lifezone Metals tied by winning 6 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NB vs. The Competition

MetricNioCorp DevelopmentsMetal mining IndustryMaterials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$108.56M$7.33B$3.15B$9.22B
Dividend YieldN/A3.98%5.19%4.00%
P/E Ratio-2.749.2998.7319.45
Price / SalesN/A61.3225,929,608,977,476,700.0077.34
Price / CashN/A21.0724.4438.90
Price / Book77.674.404.945.05
Net Income-$11.44M$579.85M$152.54M$222.81M
7 Day Performance-11.07%-0.56%0.00%1.29%
1 Month Performance43.83%4.38%3.24%1.52%
1 Year Performance-12.73%30.24%33.20%16.53%

NioCorp Developments Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NB
NioCorp Developments
2.0619 of 5 stars
$2.33
-4.9%
$3.63
+55.6%
-12.7%$108.56MN/A-2.748Earnings Report
Gap Up
LZM
Lifezone Metals
2.6141 of 5 stars
$5.88
-3.7%
$12.50
+112.5%
+9.9%$460.31M$1.48M0.0084
LAR
Lithium Argentina
N/A$2.51
+0.4%
N/AN/A$406.44MN/A0.32850
LAAC
Lithium Americas (Argentina)
3.2089 of 5 stars
$2.50
-1.6%
$7.19
+187.5%
-40.4%$404.83MN/A0.3260
DC
Dakota Gold
2.6511 of 5 stars
$3.12
+1.3%
$7.50
+140.4%
+47.8%$294.62MN/A-7.6120
NMG
Nouveau Monde Graphite
3.4494 of 5 stars
$2.04
-3.1%
$3.00
+47.4%
-33.7%$229.10MN/A-3.18122Short Interest ↓
WRN
Western Copper & Gold
2.4867 of 5 stars
$1.15
+5.5%
$4.25
+269.6%
N/A$228.15MN/A-57.508
ASM
Avino Silver & Gold Mines
2.9909 of 5 stars
$1.37
+2.2%
$1.97
+43.6%
+187.2%$192.55M$43.89M68.5334Gap Up
LGO
Largo
2.627 of 5 stars
$2.09
-2.8%
$4.20
+101.0%
-10.8%$133.99M$198.68M-2.611,240Analyst Revision
Positive News
Gap Up
USAU
U.S. Gold
2.9326 of 5 stars
$8.91
+0.5%
$11.50
+29.1%
+160.5%$109.77MN/A-8.914Analyst Revision
News Coverage
ABAT
American Battery Technology
2.3929 of 5 stars
$1.28
-2.3%
$6.00
+368.8%
-31.3%$104.31M$340,000.00-1.3154Earnings Report
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:NB) was last updated on 2/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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