ELR vs. LUC, CKG, ITR, AXU, SSV, BRC, DEF, BBB, ARU, and MMG
Should you be buying Eastern Platinum stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eastern Platinum 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), Aurania Resources (ARU), and Metallic Minerals (MMG). These companies are all part of the "other precious metals & mining" industry.
Eastern Platinum (TSE:ELR) and Lucara Diamond (TSE:LUC) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, valuation and earnings.
Lucara Diamond received 235 more outperform votes than Eastern Platinum when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.91% of users gave Lucara Diamond an outperform vote while only 60.21% of users gave Eastern Platinum an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Lucara Diamond had 2 more articles in the media than Eastern Platinum. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Lucara Diamond and 0 mentions for Eastern Platinum. Lucara Diamond's average media sentiment score of 0.16 beat Eastern Platinum's score of 0.00 indicating that Lucara Diamond is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Eastern Platinum has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its stock price is 51% 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. 22.3% of Eastern Platinum shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.3% of Lucara Diamond shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Eastern Platinum has a net margin of 12.61% compared to Lucara Diamond's net margin of -16.55%. Eastern Platinum's return on equity of 17.21% beat Lucara Diamond's return on equity.
Eastern Platinum has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lucara Diamond. Lucara Diamond is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eastern Platinum, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Lucara Diamond beats Eastern Platinum on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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