Dundee Precious Metals (DPM) Competitors

Dundee Precious Metals (TSE:DPM) and Empire (TSE:EMP.A) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and valuation.

Does the media refer more to DPM or EMP.A?

In the previous week, Empire had 4 more articles in the media than Dundee Precious Metals. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Empire and 1 mentions for Dundee Precious Metals. Dundee Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat Empire's score of 0.48 indicating that Dundee Precious Metals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Dundee Precious Metals	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Empire	0 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DPM or EMP.A?

Dundee Precious Metals received 41 more outperform votes than Empire when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.38% of users gave Dundee Precious Metals an outperform vote while only 45.16% of users gave Empire an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Dundee Precious Metals	Outperform Votes 330 62.38%	Underperform Votes 199 37.62%
Empire	Outperform Votes 289 45.16%	Underperform Votes 351 54.84%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in DPM or EMP.A?

67.4% of Dundee Precious Metals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.9% of Empire shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Dundee Precious Metals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Empire shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend DPM or EMP.A?

Dundee Precious Metals presently has a consensus price target of C$20.54, suggesting a potential downside of 0.31%. Empire has a consensus price target of C$50.29, suggesting a potential downside of 3.33%. Given Dundee Precious Metals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Dundee Precious Metals is more favorable than Empire.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dundee Precious Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50
Empire	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43

Which has more risk and volatility, DPM or EMP.A?

Dundee Precious Metals has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Empire has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is DPM or EMP.A more profitable?

Dundee Precious Metals has a net margin of 41.23% compared to Empire's net margin of 2.18%. Dundee Precious Metals' return on equity of 17.15% beat Empire's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dundee Precious Metals	41.23%	17.15%	9.22%
Empire	2.18%	12.94%	4.60%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, DPM or EMP.A?

Empire has higher revenue and earnings than Dundee Precious Metals. Dundee Precious Metals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Empire, 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
Dundee Precious Metals	C$337.68M	7.53	C$139.24M	C$1.59	12.98
Empire	C$30.87B	0.24	C$672M	C$2.74	18.99

Is DPM or EMP.A a better dividend stock?

Dundee Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of C$0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Empire pays an annual dividend of C$0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Dundee Precious Metals pays out 13.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Empire pays out 29.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Summary

Dundee Precious Metals beats Empire on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.