Brigham Minerals (NYSE:MNRL) and Corvus Gold (NYSE:KOR) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Profitability
This table compares Brigham Minerals and Corvus Gold's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets |
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Brigham Minerals | -3.67% | 1.70% | 1.09% |
Corvus Gold | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current recommendations for Brigham Minerals and Corvus Gold, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score |
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Brigham Minerals | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3.11 |
Corvus Gold | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
Brigham Minerals presently has a consensus price target of $15.1111, indicating a potential downside of 3.01%. Given Brigham Minerals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Brigham Minerals is more favorable than Corvus Gold.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
70.6% of Brigham Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of Brigham Minerals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Brigham Minerals and Corvus Gold's top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio |
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Brigham Minerals | $101.51 million | 8.71 | $21.64 million | $0.57 | 27.33 |
Corvus Gold | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Brigham Minerals has higher revenue and earnings than Corvus Gold.
Summary
Brigham Minerals beats Corvus Gold on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.