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Burcon NutraScience (BU) Competitors

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C$2.32 -0.05 (-2.11%)
As of 09/12/2025 03:12 PM Eastern
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BU vs. GIS, DAR, MED, 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), Darelle Online Solutions (DAR), Medgold Resources (MED), 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

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

0.0% of Burcon NutraScience shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.1% of Burcon NutraScience shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds 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
Genesis MetalsN/A N/A N/A
Burcon NutraScience -1,758.62%-185.21%-39.22%

In the previous week, Burcon NutraScience had 5 more articles in the media than Genesis Metals. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Burcon NutraScience and 0 mentions for Genesis Metals. Burcon NutraScience's average media sentiment score of 0.11 beat Genesis Metals' score of 0.00 indicating that Burcon NutraScience is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Genesis Metals Neutral
Burcon NutraScience Neutral

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Genesis MetalsN/AN/AN/A-C$0.05-1.84
Burcon NutraScienceC$273.38K107.68-C$12.74M-C$3.47-0.67

Summary

Burcon NutraScience beats Genesis Metals on 6 of the 10 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

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MetricBurcon NutraSciencePackaged Foods IndustryDefensive SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$29.44MC$4.87BC$7.60BC$9.44B
Dividend Yield4.45%2.62%3.18%6.50%
P/E Ratio-0.673,125.501,079.9425.78
Price / Sales107.683,533.72992,153.289.35
Price / Cash39.00119.32144.7483.29
Price / Book94.4924.339.085.54
Net Income-C$12.74MC$2.63BC$999.43MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance0.87%-0.08%-0.09%1.43%
1 Month Performance-15.02%740.09%222.91%8.13%
1 Year Performance-35.56%487.96%177.38%36.77%

Burcon NutraScience Competitors List

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CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BU
Burcon NutraScience
N/AC$2.32
-2.1%		N/A-35.6%C$29.44MC$273.38K-0.6720Gap Up
GIS
Genesis Metals
N/AC$0.09
+12.5%		N/A+0.0%C$5.66MN/A-1.8432,500Gap Up
DAR
Darelle Online Solutions
N/AC$0.50
+42.9%		N/A+250.0%C$1.23MC$50.41K-6.2514,600Gap Up
MED
Medgold Resources
N/AC$0.01
-50.0%		N/A+0.0%C$674KN/A-0.83870Gap Down
TR
Trillium Therapeutics
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$0.00N/A0.002,000Gap Up
K
Kinross Gold
1.5417 of 5 stars		C$30.12
+1.9%		C$21.25
-29.4%		+141.2%C$36.71BC$6.07B24.2930,000
DDC
Dominion Diamond
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$1.50BN/A0.00N/AHigh Trading Volume
KEL
Kelt Exploration
3.1984 of 5 stars		C$6.63
-2.5%		C$9.88
+48.9%		+13.0%C$1.32BC$491.87M17.9230,000News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
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 9/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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