ERD vs. ALS, AFM, AII, LAC, MDI, SLI, SCZ, FVL, NDM, and EMX
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), Almonty Industries (AII), Lithium Americas (LAC), Major Drilling Group International (MDI), Standard Lithium (SLI), Santacruz Silver Mining (SCZ), Freegold Ventures (FVL), Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM), and EMX Royalty (EMX). 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 contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
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 0.117916, suggesting that its stock price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Erdene Resource Development has a beta of 0.975418, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
22.5% of Altius Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.5% of Erdene Resource Development shares are held by institutional investors. 19.0% of Altius Minerals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 22.5% of Erdene Resource Development shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Altius Minerals currently has a consensus target price of C$31.83, indicating a potential upside of 2.99%. Given Altius Minerals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly 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, Altius Minerals and Altius Minerals both had 1 articles in the media. Erdene Resource Development's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Altius Minerals' score of 0.59 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 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:ERD) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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