FAR vs. SCZ, FVL, NDM, EMX, POM, FWZ, NOU, ERD, AMC, and ETG
Should you be buying Foraco International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Foraco International include Santacruz Silver Mining (SCZ), Freegold Ventures (FVL), Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM), EMX Royalty (EMX), PolyMet Mining (POM), Fireweed Metals (FWZ), Nouveau Monde Graphite (NOU), Erdene Resource Development (ERD), Arizona Metals (AMC), and Entrée Resources (ETG). These companies are all part of the "other industrial metals & mining" industry.
Foraco International vs. Its Competitors
Foraco International (TSE:FAR) and Santacruz Silver Mining (CVE:SCZ) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability and dividends.
Foraco International presently has a consensus price target of C$4.25, indicating a potential upside of 111.44%. Given Foraco International's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Foraco International is more favorable than Santacruz Silver Mining.
Foraco International has a beta of 0.972743, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Santacruz Silver Mining has a beta of 1.818625, meaning that its share price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Santacruz Silver Mining has a net margin of 58.28% compared to Foraco International's net margin of 8.42%. Santacruz Silver Mining's return on equity of 141.15% beat Foraco International's return on equity.
6.5% of Foraco International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.1% of Santacruz Silver Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 35.7% of Foraco International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of Santacruz Silver Mining shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Santacruz Silver Mining had 11 more articles in the media than Foraco International. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Santacruz Silver Mining and 1 mentions for Foraco International. Santacruz Silver Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Foraco International's score of 0.59 indicating that Santacruz Silver Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Santacruz Silver Mining has higher revenue and earnings than Foraco International. Foraco International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Santacruz Silver Mining, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Santacruz Silver Mining beats Foraco International on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:FAR) was last updated on 9/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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