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Burcon NutraScience (BU) Competitors

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C$2.42 +0.05 (+2.11%)
As of 06/12/2025 04:10 PM Eastern

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

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

Burcon NutraScience vs. Its Competitors

Burcon NutraScience (TSE:BU) and Genesis Metals (CVE:GIS) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Genesis Metals has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Burcon NutraScience. Burcon NutraScience is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Genesis Metals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Burcon NutraScienceC$724.40K816.82-C$12.74M-C$0.06-41.80
Genesis MetalsN/AN/AN/A-C$0.05-1.84

In the previous week, Burcon NutraScience had 8 more articles in the media than Genesis Metals. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Burcon NutraScience and 0 mentions for Genesis Metals. Burcon NutraScience's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Genesis Metals'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Burcon NutraScience Neutral
Genesis Metals Neutral

Burcon NutraScience received 211 more outperform votes than Genesis Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 78.69% of users gave Genesis Metals an outperform vote while only 67.80% of users gave Burcon NutraScience an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Burcon NutraScienceOutperform Votes
259
67.80%
Underperform Votes
123
32.20%
Genesis MetalsOutperform Votes
48
78.69%
Underperform Votes
13
21.31%

0.2% of Burcon NutraScience shares are held by institutional investors. 28.1% of Burcon NutraScience shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Genesis Metals has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Burcon NutraScience's net margin of -1,758.62%. Genesis Metals' 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%
Genesis Metals N/A N/A N/A

Summary

Genesis Metals beats Burcon NutraScience on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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$591.70MC$2.19BC$7.06BC$6.09B
Dividend Yield4.45%2.63%3.16%6.72%
P/E Ratio-41.8012.4712.4635.87
Price / Sales816.8264.57114.931,010.47
Price / Cash39.00123.14147.7783.29
Price / Book98.566.664.044.24
Net Income-C$12.74MC$2.63BC$1.01BC$301.20M
7 Day Performance15.24%0.51%0.67%1.37%
1 Month Performance18.05%2.60%3.69%5.56%
1 Year Performance-49.58%63.20%74.63%24.46%

Burcon NutraScience Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BU
Burcon NutraScience
N/AC$2.42
+2.1%
N/A-50.6%C$591.70MC$724.40K-41.8020Stock Split
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$0.24
+14.3%
N/A+4,700.0%C$590KC$145.20K-4.0014,600Gap Up
TR
Trillium Therapeutics
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$0.00N/A0.002,000Gap Up
K
Kinross Gold
2.6673 of 5 stars
C$20.28
-1.8%
C$20.00
-1.4%
+105.6%C$17.63BC$3.43B23.8730,000Gap Up
DDC
Dominion Diamond
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$1.50BN/A0.00N/AHigh Trading Volume
KEL
Kelt Exploration
2.4907 of 5 stars
C$7.14
+0.4%
C$10.15
+42.2%
+18.5%C$1.41BC$425.93M25.3130,000
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
BABY
Else Nutrition
N/AC$1.17
flat
N/A+0.0%C$121.91MC$4.02M-6.161,729

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This page (TSE:BU) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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