ERD vs. ALS, AFM, MDI, SLI, POM, LAC, NOU, FWZ, AMC, and TECK.A
Should you be buying Erdene Resource Development stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Erdene Resource Development include Altius Minerals (ALS), Alphamin Resources (AFM), Major Drilling Group International (MDI), Standard Lithium (SLI), PolyMet Mining (POM), Lithium Americas (LAC), Nouveau Monde Graphite (NOU), Fireweed Metals (FWZ), Arizona Metals (AMC), and Teck Resources (TECK.A). 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 business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.
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, Altius Minerals had 8 more articles in the media than Erdene Resource Development. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Altius Minerals and 2 mentions for Erdene Resource Development. Altius Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Erdene Resource Development's score of 0.40 indicating that Altius Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Altius Minerals presently has a consensus price target of C$30.75, indicating a potential upside of 10.89%. Given Altius Minerals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Altius Minerals is more favorable than Erdene Resource Development.
24.5% of Altius Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.4% of Erdene Resource Development shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.0% of Altius Minerals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.5% of Erdene Resource Development shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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 has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Erdene Resource Development has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Altius Minerals beats Erdene Resource Development on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:ERD) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
