ELR vs. BRC, DNG, CKG, AXU, VIPR, SSV, LUC, PPX, DEF, and ORV
Should you be buying Eastern Platinum stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eastern Platinum include Blackrock Silver (BRC), Dynacor Group (DNG), Chesapeake Gold (CKG), Alexco Resource (AXU), Silver Viper Minerals (VIPR), Southern Silver Exploration (SSV), Lucara Diamond (LUC), PPX Mining (PPX), Defiance Silver (DEF), and Orvana Minerals (ORV). These companies are all part of the "other precious metals & mining" industry.
Eastern Platinum vs. Its Competitors
Blackrock Silver (CVE:BRC) and Eastern Platinum (TSE:ELR) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and earnings.
In the previous week, Eastern Platinum had 1 more articles in the media than Blackrock Silver. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Eastern Platinum and 1 mentions for Blackrock Silver. Blackrock Silver's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Eastern Platinum's score of -1.00 indicating that Blackrock Silver is being referred to more favorably in the media.
3.1% of Blackrock Silver shares are held by institutional investors. 17.8% of Blackrock Silver shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 49.8% of Eastern Platinum shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Eastern Platinum has higher revenue and earnings than Blackrock Silver. Blackrock Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eastern Platinum, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Eastern Platinum has a net margin of 1.09% compared to Blackrock Silver's net margin of 0.00%. Eastern Platinum's return on equity of 0.88% beat Blackrock Silver's return on equity.
Blackrock Silver has a beta of 3.19, indicating that its stock price is 219% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eastern Platinum has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Eastern Platinum beats Blackrock Silver on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:ELR) was last updated on 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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