NTIC vs. THM, FSTR, GORO, AREC, TRX, HYMC, HYFM, PLG, ELBM, and VGZ
Should you be buying Northern Technologies International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Northern Technologies International include International Tower Hill Mines (THM), L.B. Foster (FSTR), Gold Resource (GORO), American Resources (AREC), TRX Gold (TRX), Hycroft Mining (HYMC), Hydrofarm Holdings Group (HYFM), Platinum Group Metals (PLG), Electra Battery Materials (ELBM), and Vista Gold (VGZ). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Northern Technologies International vs.
International Tower Hill Mines (NYSE:THM) and Northern Technologies International (NASDAQ:NTIC) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Northern Technologies International has a consensus target price of $21.00, indicating a potential upside of 74.42%. Given Northern Technologies International's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Northern Technologies International is more favorable than International Tower Hill Mines.
55.3% of International Tower Hill Mines shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.4% of Northern Technologies International shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of International Tower Hill Mines shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.4% of Northern Technologies International shares are held by company 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.
In the previous week, Northern Technologies International had 5 more articles in the media than International Tower Hill Mines. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Northern Technologies International and 1 mentions for International Tower Hill Mines. Northern Technologies International's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat International Tower Hill Mines' score of 0.00 indicating that Northern Technologies International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Northern Technologies International received 172 more outperform votes than International Tower Hill Mines when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.95% of users gave Northern Technologies International an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave International Tower Hill Mines an outperform vote.
International Tower Hill Mines has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northern Technologies International has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Northern Technologies International has higher revenue and earnings than International Tower Hill Mines. International Tower Hill Mines is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northern Technologies International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Northern Technologies International has a net margin of 3.07% compared to International Tower Hill Mines' net margin of 0.00%. Northern Technologies International's return on equity of 4.18% beat International Tower Hill Mines' return on equity.
Summary
Northern Technologies International beats International Tower Hill Mines on 14 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding NTIC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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.
Northern Technologies International Competitors List
