ASM vs. LUC, PTM, DNG, DIAM, MPVD, ELR, GGD, GDL, GFP, and FF
Should you be buying Avino Silver & Gold Mines stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Avino Silver & Gold Mines include Lucara Diamond (LUC), Platinum Group Metals (PTM), Dynacor Group (DNG), Star Diamond (DIAM), Mountain Province Diamonds (MPVD), Eastern Platinum (ELR), GoGold Resources (GGD), Goodfellow (GDL), GreenFirst Forest Products (GFP), and First Mining Gold (FF). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Lucara Diamond (TSE:LUC) and Avino Silver & Gold Mines (TSE:ASM) 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 analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking and earnings.
In the previous week, Avino Silver & Gold Mines had 11 more articles in the media than Lucara Diamond. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Avino Silver & Gold Mines and 2 mentions for Lucara Diamond. Lucara Diamond's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Avino Silver & Gold Mines' score of 0.34 indicating that Avino Silver & Gold Mines is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Lucara Diamond has a beta of 1.53, meaning that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avino Silver & Gold Mines has a beta of 1.98, meaning that its stock price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lucara Diamond received 340 more outperform votes than Avino Silver & Gold Mines when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Avino Silver & Gold Mines an outperform vote while only 65.91% of users gave Lucara Diamond an outperform vote.
Avino Silver & Gold Mines has a net margin of 1.24% compared to Avino Silver & Gold Mines' net margin of -11.38%. Lucara Diamond's return on equity of 0.53% beat Avino Silver & Gold Mines' return on equity.
Avino Silver & Gold Mines has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lucara Diamond. Lucara Diamond is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Avino Silver & Gold Mines, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
16.5% of Lucara Diamond shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.9% of Avino Silver & Gold Mines shares are held by institutional investors. 27.5% of Lucara Diamond shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Avino Silver & Gold Mines 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.
Summary
Avino Silver & Gold Mines beats Lucara Diamond on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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