DIAM vs. PPX, LUC, SSV, ORV, DEF, FURA, MMG, BBB, WAM, and MRZ
Should you be buying Star Diamond stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Star Diamond include PPX Mining (PPX), Lucara Diamond (LUC), Southern Silver Exploration (SSV), Orvana Minerals (ORV), Defiance Silver (DEF), Fura Gems (FURA), Metallic Minerals (MMG), Brixton Metals (BBB), Western Alaska Minerals (WAM), and Mirasol Resources (MRZ). These companies are all part of the "other precious metals & mining" industry.
Star Diamond vs. Its Competitors
PPX Mining (CVE:PPX) and Star Diamond (TSE:DIAM) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
PPX Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Star Diamond, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Star Diamond's return on equity of -93.18% beat PPX Mining's return on equity.
In the previous week, PPX Mining had 1 more articles in the media than Star Diamond. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for PPX Mining and 1 mentions for Star Diamond. Star Diamond's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat PPX Mining's score of 0.67 indicating that Star Diamond is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
PPX Mining has a beta of 1.693723, suggesting that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Star Diamond has a beta of 0.989071, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
0.2% of PPX Mining shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.2% of Star Diamond shares are held by institutional investors. 32.3% of PPX Mining shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.0% of Star Diamond shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
PPX Mining beats Star Diamond on 5 of the 9 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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This page (TSE:DIAM) was last updated on 9/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
