DIAM vs. MPVD, ORV, ELR, ASM, LUC, DNG, PTM, and MIN
Should you be buying Star Diamond stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Star Diamond include Mountain Province Diamonds (MPVD), Orvana Minerals (ORV), Eastern Platinum (ELR), Avino Silver & Gold Mines (ASM), Lucara Diamond (LUC), Dynacor Group (DNG), Platinum Group Metals (PTM), and Excelsior Mining (MIN). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Star Diamond (TSE:DIAM) and Mountain Province Diamonds (TSE:MPVD) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and dividends.
Mountain Province Diamonds received 86 more outperform votes than Star Diamond when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 79.55% of users gave Star Diamond an outperform vote while only 56.28% of users gave Mountain Province Diamonds an outperform vote.
0.7% of Mountain Province Diamonds shares are held by institutional investors. 17.4% of Star Diamond shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 36.1% of Mountain Province Diamonds 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.
Mountain Province Diamonds has a net margin of 12.03% compared to Star Diamond's net margin of 0.00%. Mountain Province Diamonds' return on equity of 9.98% beat Star Diamond's return on equity.
Star Diamond has a beta of 2.13, suggesting that its share price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mountain Province Diamonds has a beta of 2.22, suggesting that its share price is 122% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Star Diamond had 8 more articles in the media than Mountain Province Diamonds. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Star Diamond and 0 mentions for Mountain Province Diamonds. Star Diamond's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Mountain Province Diamonds' score of 0.00 indicating that Star Diamond is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Mountain Province Diamonds has higher revenue and earnings than Star Diamond. Star Diamond is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mountain Province Diamonds, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Mountain Province Diamonds beats Star Diamond on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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