ERD vs. POM, AMC, SLI, GLO, ETG, EMX, WRN, NOU, AOT, and NDM
Should you be buying Erdene Resource Development stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Erdene Resource Development include PolyMet Mining (POM), Arizona Metals (AMC), Standard Lithium (SLI), Global Atomic (GLO), Entrée Resources (ETG), EMX Royalty (EMX), Western Copper and Gold (WRN), Nouveau Monde Graphite (NOU), Ascot Resources (AOT), and Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM). These companies are all part of the "other industrial metals & mining" industry.
PolyMet Mining (TSE:POM) and Erdene Resource Development (TSE:ERD) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, dividends and earnings.
PolyMet Mining's return on equity of 0.94% beat Erdene Resource Development's return on equity.
PolyMet Mining has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Erdene Resource Development has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
2.7% of PolyMet Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.1% of Erdene Resource Development shares are owned by institutional investors. 82.5% of PolyMet Mining shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 22.3% of Erdene Resource Development shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Erdene Resource Development had 2 more articles in the media than PolyMet Mining. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Erdene Resource Development and 0 mentions for PolyMet Mining. PolyMet Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.17 beat Erdene Resource Development's score of 0.00 indicating that Erdene Resource Development is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Erdene Resource Development received 22 more outperform votes than PolyMet Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.29% of users gave Erdene Resource Development an outperform vote while only 60.55% of users gave PolyMet Mining an outperform vote.
Summary
Erdene Resource Development beats PolyMet Mining on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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