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Burcon NutraScience (BU) Competitors

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C$3.40 -0.10 (-2.86%)
As of 12:47 PM Eastern

BU vs. DDC, KEL, HNZ, TSN, GIS, MED, DAR, TR, K, and PBH

Should you be buying Burcon NutraScience stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Burcon NutraScience include Dominion Diamond (DDC), Kelt Exploration (KEL), HNZ Group (HNZ), Telson Mining (TSN), Genesis Metals (GIS), Medgold Resources (MED), Darelle Online Solutions (DAR), Trillium Therapeutics (TR), Kinross Gold (K), and Premium Brands (PBH).

Burcon NutraScience vs. Its Competitors

Burcon NutraScience (TSE:BU) and Dominion Diamond (TSE:DDC) are both small-cap food products companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.

In the previous week, Burcon NutraScience had 6 more articles in the media than Dominion Diamond. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Burcon NutraScience and 0 mentions for Dominion Diamond. Dominion Diamond's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Burcon NutraScience's score of -0.18 indicating that Dominion Diamond is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Burcon NutraScience Neutral
Dominion Diamond Neutral

Dominion Diamond has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Burcon NutraScience.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Burcon NutraScienceC$724.40K1,147.60-C$12.74M-C$0.06-58.73
Dominion DiamondN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Dominion Diamond has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Burcon NutraScience's net margin of -1,758.62%. Dominion Diamond's return on equity of 0.00% beat Burcon NutraScience's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Burcon NutraScience-1,758.62% -185.21% -39.22%
Dominion Diamond N/A N/A N/A

0.2% of Burcon NutraScience shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.1% of Burcon NutraScience shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Burcon NutraScience and Dominion Diamond tied by winning 4 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BU and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE 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.
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BU vs. The Competition

MetricBurcon NutraSciencePackaged Foods IndustryDefensive SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$831.32MC$2.14BC$6.71BC$6.19B
Dividend Yield4.45%2.65%3.16%6.72%
P/E Ratio-58.7315.3513.2052.72
Price / Sales1,147.6072.83101.141,193.25
Price / Cash39.00119.32144.7483.29
Price / Book138.487.874.394.76
Net Income-C$12.74MC$2.63BC$999.43MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance-13.27%1.61%0.45%1.64%
1 Month Performance61.90%10.19%2.46%4.56%
1 Year Performance-27.66%64.75%67.41%26.23%

Burcon NutraScience Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BU
Burcon NutraScience
N/AC$3.40
-2.9%
N/A-27.1%C$831.32MC$724.40K-58.7320Gap Up
DDC
Dominion Diamond
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$1.50BN/A0.00N/AHigh Trading Volume
KEL
Kelt Exploration
2.561 of 5 stars
C$7.28
-0.8%
C$10.15
+39.4%
+15.3%C$1.44BC$425.93M25.8030,000News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
HNZ
HNZ Group
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$243MN/A0.00N/A
TSN
Telson Mining
N/AC$0.67
+1.5%
N/A+0.0%C$167.95MC$33.35M-15.23142,000
GIS
Genesis Metals
N/AC$0.09
+12.5%
N/A+0.0%C$5.66MN/A-1.8432,500Gap Up
MED
Medgold Resources
N/AC$0.01
-50.0%
N/A+0.0%C$674KN/A-0.83870Gap Down
DAR
Darelle Online Solutions
N/AC$0.14
+7.7%
N/A+1,300.0%C$344KC$145.20K-2.3314,600Positive News
Gap Up
TR
Trillium Therapeutics
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$0.00N/A0.002,000Gap Up
K
Kinross Gold
2.3998 of 5 stars
C$20.98
-2.7%
C$20.75
-1.1%
+92.9%C$18.24BC$3.43B24.7030,000Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
PBH
Premium Brands
2.3855 of 5 stars
C$80.73
+0.3%
C$101.90
+26.2%
-14.0%C$3.60BC$6.41B35.94540

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