ETG vs. FAR, NDM, FSY, WRN, FVL, SMT, LGO, AII, ERD, and S
Should you be buying Entrée Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Entrée Resources include Foraco International (FAR), Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM), Forsys Metals (FSY), Western Copper and Gold (WRN), Freegold Ventures (FVL), Sierra Metals (SMT), Largo (LGO), Almonty Industries (AII), Erdene Resource Development (ERD), and Sherritt International (S). These companies are all part of the "other industrial metals & mining" industry.
Foraco International (TSE:FAR) and Entrée Resources (TSE:ETG) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, valuation and risk.
Foraco International received 32 more outperform votes than Entrée Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.04% of users gave Foraco International an outperform vote while only 54.14% of users gave Entrée Resources an outperform vote.
Foraco International has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Entrée Resources has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
4.7% of Foraco International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of Entrée Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 35.7% of Foraco International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 50.2% of Entrée Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Foraco International has higher revenue and earnings than Entrée Resources. Entrée Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Foraco International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Entrée Resources has a consensus price target of C$1.95, suggesting a potential upside of 29.14%. Given Foraco International's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Entrée Resources is more favorable than Foraco International.
Foraco International has a net margin of 7.76% compared to Foraco International's net margin of 0.00%. Entrée Resources' return on equity of 39.08% beat Foraco International's return on equity.
In the previous week, Foraco International had 1 more articles in the media than Entrée Resources. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Foraco International and 0 mentions for Entrée Resources. Entrée Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Foraco International's score of 0.00 indicating that Foraco International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Foraco International beats Entrée Resources on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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