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Burcon NutraScience (BU) Competitors

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C$2.34 +0.15 (+6.85%)
As of 02:54 PM Eastern

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

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 Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee (TPK).

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 stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.

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$273.38K108.61-C$12.74M-C$3.47-0.67

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%

0.0% 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Genesis Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Burcon NutraScience'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Genesis Metals Neutral
Burcon NutraScience Neutral

Summary

Genesis Metals and Burcon NutraScience tied by winning 4 of the 8 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$29.69MC$4.39BC$7.44BC$9.67B
Dividend Yield4.45%2.68%3.24%6.52%
P/E Ratio-0.673,092.011,100.0629.70
Price / Sales108.613,531.161,011,604.4012.35
Price / Cash39.00119.32144.7483.29
Price / Book95.3124.099.005.76
Net Income-C$12.74MC$2.63BC$1.01BC$301.20M
7 Day Performance17.00%-0.28%-0.33%0.05%
1 Month Performance-3.31%-3.43%-2.48%5.91%
1 Year Performance-19.31%480.34%177.49%40.78%

Burcon NutraScience Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BU
Burcon NutraScience
N/AC$2.34
+6.8%
N/A-24.5%C$29.69MC$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
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$0.26
+6.1%
N/A+120.0%C$639KC$50.41K-3.2514,600Gap Up
TR
Trillium Therapeutics
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$0.00N/A0.002,000Gap Up
K
Kinross Gold
1.7011 of 5 stars
C$35.30
+0.2%
C$29.83
-15.5%
+175.8%C$42.94BC$6.07B28.4730,000Analyst Revision
DDC
Dominion Diamond
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$1.50BN/A0.00N/AHigh Trading Volume
KEL
Kelt Exploration
2.7566 of 5 stars
C$7.03
-0.6%
C$9.88
+40.5%
-2.2%C$1.41BC$491.87M19.0030,000Positive News
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
TPK
Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$49.84MC$86.49M18.03N/A

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