DIAM vs. LUC, CKG, ITR, AXU, SSV, BRC, DEF, BBB, MMG, and WAM
Should you be buying Star Diamond stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Star Diamond include Lucara Diamond (LUC), Chesapeake Gold (CKG), Integra Resources (ITR), Alexco Resource (AXU), Southern Silver Exploration (SSV), Blackrock Silver (BRC), Defiance Silver (DEF), Brixton Metals (BBB), Metallic Minerals (MMG), and Western Alaska Minerals (WAM). These companies are all part of the "other precious metals & mining" industry.
Star Diamond (TSE:DIAM) and Lucara Diamond (TSE:LUC) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and profitability.
Star Diamond has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Lucara Diamond's net margin of -16.55%. Lucara Diamond's return on equity of -11.72% beat Star Diamond's return on equity.
In the previous week, Star Diamond had 19 more articles in the media than Lucara Diamond. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Star Diamond and 2 mentions for Lucara Diamond. Star Diamond's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Lucara Diamond's score of 0.16 indicating that Star Diamond is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Star Diamond has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lucara Diamond. Star Diamond is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lucara Diamond, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lucara Diamond received 315 more outperform votes than Star Diamond when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 79.55% of users gave Star Diamond an outperform vote while only 65.91% of users gave Lucara Diamond an outperform vote.
Star Diamond has a beta of 2.13, suggesting that its stock price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lucara Diamond has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
16.8% of Lucara Diamond shares are owned by institutional investors. 34.1% of Star Diamond shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 25.3% of Lucara Diamond shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Star Diamond beats Lucara Diamond on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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