ERD vs. ALS, NDM, AII, AFM, MDI, POM, LAC, NOU, SLI, and AMC
Should you be buying Erdene Resource Development stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Erdene Resource Development include Altius Minerals (ALS), Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM), Almonty Industries (AII), Alphamin Resources (AFM), Major Drilling Group International (MDI), PolyMet Mining (POM), Lithium Americas (LAC), Nouveau Monde Graphite (NOU), Standard Lithium (SLI), and Arizona Metals (AMC). These companies are all part of the "other industrial metals & mining" industry.
Erdene Resource Development vs. Its Competitors
Altius Minerals (TSE:ALS) and Erdene Resource Development (TSE:ERD) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and institutional ownership.
Altius Minerals has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Erdene Resource Development has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
24.5% of Altius Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.4% of Erdene Resource Development shares are held by institutional investors. 19.0% of Altius Minerals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.5% of Erdene Resource Development shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Altius Minerals has a net margin of 31.13% compared to Erdene Resource Development's net margin of 0.00%. Altius Minerals' return on equity of 2.80% beat Erdene Resource Development's return on equity.
Altius Minerals presently has a consensus target price of C$30.75, indicating a potential upside of 13.89%. Given Altius Minerals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Altius Minerals is more favorable than Erdene Resource Development.
Altius Minerals has higher revenue and earnings than Erdene Resource Development. Erdene Resource Development is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Altius Minerals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Erdene Resource Development had 3 more articles in the media than Altius Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Erdene Resource Development and 0 mentions for Altius Minerals. Erdene Resource Development's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Altius Minerals' score of 0.00 indicating that Erdene Resource Development is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Altius Minerals beats Erdene Resource Development on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:ERD) was last updated on 6/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
