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Burcon NutraScience (BU) Competitors

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C$3.00 +0.09 (+3.09%)
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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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Burcon NutraScience-1,758.62% -185.21% -39.22%
Kelt Exploration 13.12%5.40%4.72%

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Burcon NutraScience
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Kelt Exploration
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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.

Company Overall Sentiment
Burcon NutraScience Neutral
Kelt Exploration Positive

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Burcon NutraScienceC$724.40K1,012.59-C$12.74M-C$0.06-51.82
Kelt ExplorationC$425.93M3.65C$55.90MC$0.2827.82

Summary

Kelt Exploration beats Burcon NutraScience on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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$733.52MC$2.16BC$6.92BC$6.26B
Dividend Yield4.45%2.65%3.17%6.72%
P/E Ratio-51.8216.4913.6354.38
Price / Sales1,012.5968.2486.811,113.49
Price / Cash39.00119.32144.7483.29
Price / Book122.197.314.194.96
Net Income-C$12.74MC$2.63BC$999.43MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance-4.46%0.54%-0.36%0.51%
1 Month Performance2.39%1.18%-1.12%4.13%
1 Year Performance-23.08%62.17%66.15%25.62%

Burcon NutraScience Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BU
Burcon NutraScience
N/AC$3.00
+3.1%
N/A-27.3%C$733.52MC$724.40K-51.8220Gap Up
High Trading Volume
KEL
Kelt Exploration
1.9523 of 5 stars
C$7.59
-0.8%
C$9.88
+30.1%
+29.1%C$1.50BC$425.93M26.9030,000News Coverage
DDC
Dominion Diamond
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$1.50BN/A0.00N/AHigh Trading Volume
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+966.7%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
2.0381 of 5 stars
C$21.34
+0.9%
C$20.75
-2.8%
+70.7%C$18.55BC$3.43B25.1230,000News Coverage
Analyst Revision
JWEL
Jamieson Wellness
1.4437 of 5 stars
C$35.24
+1.4%
C$41.65
+18.2%
+12.3%C$1.48BC$715.02M37.03240

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This page (TSE:BU) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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