NEWP vs. VZLA, PPTA, ODV, PLG, TRX, VOXR, MUX, HYMC, ARMN, and EXK
Should you be buying New Pacific Metals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of New Pacific Metals include Vizsla Silver (VZLA), Perpetua Resources (PPTA), Osisko Development (ODV), Platinum Group Metals (PLG), TRX Gold (TRX), Vox Royalty (VOXR), McEwen Mining (MUX), Hycroft Mining (HYMC), Aris Mining (ARMN), and Endeavour Silver (EXK). These companies are all part of the "gold & silver ores" industry.
New Pacific Metals (NASDAQ:NEWP) and Vizsla Silver (NYSE:VZLA) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
New Pacific Metals presently has a consensus target price of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 185.04%. Vizsla Silver has a consensus target price of $3.75, suggesting a potential upside of 167.86%. Given New Pacific Metals' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe New Pacific Metals is more favorable than Vizsla Silver.
23.0% of New Pacific Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.5% of Vizsla Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.9% of New Pacific Metals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.9% of Vizsla Silver shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
New Pacific Metals' return on equity of -5.81% beat Vizsla Silver's return on equity.
New Pacific Metals received 235 more outperform votes than Vizsla Silver when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.57% of users gave New Pacific Metals an outperform vote while only 71.43% of users gave Vizsla Silver an outperform vote.
New Pacific Metals has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vizsla Silver has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Vizsla Silver had 3 more articles in the media than New Pacific Metals. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Vizsla Silver and 1 mentions for New Pacific Metals. Vizsla Silver's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat New Pacific Metals' score of 0.00 indicating that Vizsla Silver is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
New Pacific Metals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vizsla Silver, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
New Pacific Metals beats Vizsla Silver on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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