Burcon NutraScience (BU) 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.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in BU or KEL?

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.

Which has more volatility and risk, BU or KEL?

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.

Is BU or KEL more profitable?

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%

Do analysts prefer BU or KEL?

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

Does the media prefer BU or KEL?

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

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, BU or KEL?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Burcon NutraScience	C$724.40K	1,012.59	-C$12.74M	-C$0.06	-51.82
Kelt Exploration	C$425.93M	3.65	C$55.90M	C$0.28	27.82

Summary

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