ERD vs. S, LGO, AII, NB, NEXT, SMT, WM, FSY, FURY, and GEO
Should you be buying Erdene Resource Development stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Erdene Resource Development include Sherritt International (S), Largo (LGO), Almonty Industries (AII), NioCorp Developments (NB), NextSource Materials (NEXT), Sierra Metals (SMT), Wallbridge Mining (WM), Forsys Metals (FSY), Fury Gold Mines (FURY), and Geodrill (GEO). These companies are all part of the "other industrial metals & mining" industry.
Sherritt International (TSE:S) 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 earnings, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends and community ranking.
Erdene Resource Development has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Erdene Resource Development's net margin of -28.93%. Erdene Resource Development's return on equity of -9.83% beat Sherritt International's return on equity.
11.5% of Sherritt International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.2% of Erdene Resource Development shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Sherritt International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 22.2% of Erdene Resource Development shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Sherritt International has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Erdene Resource Development has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Erdene Resource Development has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Sherritt International. Erdene Resource Development is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sherritt International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Sherritt International had 5 more articles in the media than Erdene Resource Development. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Sherritt International and 1 mentions for Erdene Resource Development. Erdene Resource Development's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Sherritt International's score of -0.34 indicating that Sherritt International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sherritt International received 311 more outperform votes than Erdene Resource Development when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.29% of users gave Erdene Resource Development an outperform vote while only 62.54% of users gave Sherritt International an outperform vote.
Sherritt International presently has a consensus price target of C$0.53, suggesting a potential upside of 65.35%. Given Erdene Resource Development's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Sherritt International is more favorable than Erdene Resource Development.
Summary
Sherritt International beats Erdene Resource Development on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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