Black Iron (BKI) Competitors

Black Iron (TSE:BKI) and Nicola Mining (CVE:NIM) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts recommend BKI or NIM?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Black Iron	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Nicola Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in BKI or NIM?

14.9% of Black Iron shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.2% of Nicola Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Black Iron shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.6% of Nicola Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is BKI or NIM more profitable?

Black Iron's return on equity of 245.64% beat Nicola Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Black Iron	N/A	245.64%	-68.20%
Nicola Mining	N/A	-123.58%	-18.29%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BKI or NIM?

Black Iron received 15 more outperform votes than Nicola Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.00% of users gave Nicola Mining an outperform vote while only 66.00% of users gave Black Iron an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Black Iron	Outperform Votes 66 66.00%	Underperform Votes 34 34.00%
Nicola Mining	Outperform Votes 51 68.00%	Underperform Votes 24 32.00%

Which has more volatility and risk, BKI or NIM?

Black Iron has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nicola Mining has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer BKI or NIM?

In the previous week, Nicola Mining had 4 more articles in the media than Black Iron. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Nicola Mining and 0 mentions for Black Iron. Nicola Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Black Iron's score of 0.45 indicating that Nicola Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Black Iron	Neutral
Nicola Mining	Positive

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, BKI or NIM?

Black Iron is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nicola Mining, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Black Iron	N/A	N/A	-C$1.06M	-C$0.01	-15.56
Nicola Mining	N/A	N/A	-C$7.30M	-C$0.03	-14.25

Summary

Nicola Mining beats Black Iron on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.