BU vs. KEL, DDC, HNZ, TSN, GIS, MED, DAR, TR, K, and JWEL
Should you be buying Burcon NutraScience stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Burcon NutraScience include Kelt Exploration (KEL), Dominion Diamond (DDC), HNZ Group (HNZ), Telson Mining (TSN), Genesis Metals (GIS), Medgold Resources (MED), Darelle Online Solutions (DAR), Trillium Therapeutics (TR), Kinross Gold (K), and Jamieson Wellness (JWEL).
Burcon NutraScience vs. Its Competitors
Burcon NutraScience (TSE:BU) and Kelt Exploration (TSE:KEL) are both small-cap food products companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.
0.2% of Burcon NutraScience shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.4% of Kelt Exploration shares are held by institutional investors. 28.1% of Burcon NutraScience shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.9% of Kelt Exploration shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Burcon NutraScience has a beta of 2.9, meaning that its share price is 190% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kelt Exploration has a beta of 1.93, meaning that its share price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Kelt Exploration has a net margin of 13.12% compared to Burcon NutraScience's net margin of -1,758.62%. Kelt Exploration's return on equity of 5.40% beat Burcon NutraScience's return on equity.
Kelt Exploration has a consensus target price of C$9.88, indicating a potential upside of 25.80%. Given Kelt Exploration's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Kelt Exploration is more favorable than Burcon NutraScience.
In the previous week, Kelt Exploration had 1 more articles in the media than Burcon NutraScience. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Kelt Exploration and 0 mentions for Burcon NutraScience. Kelt Exploration's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Burcon NutraScience's score of 0.00 indicating that Kelt Exploration is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kelt Exploration has higher revenue and earnings than Burcon NutraScience. Burcon NutraScience is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kelt Exploration, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Kelt Exploration beats Burcon NutraScience on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:BU) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff