Fortune Minerals (FT) Competitors

Fortune Minerals (TSE:FT) and Orbit Garant Drilling (TSE:OGD) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and profitability.

Does the media refer more to FT or OGD?

In the previous week, Fortune Minerals and Fortune Minerals both had 1 articles in the media. Fortune Minerals' average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Orbit Garant Drilling's score of 0.00 indicating that Fortune Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Fortune Minerals	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Orbit Garant Drilling	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has higher valuation and earnings, FT or OGD?

Orbit Garant Drilling has higher revenue and earnings than Fortune Minerals. Orbit Garant Drilling is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fortune Minerals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fortune Minerals	C$60.00	374,730.00	-C$33.21M	-C$0.09	-0.50
Orbit Garant Drilling	C$183.78M	0.11	-C$5.98M	-C$0.17	-3.18

Which has more volatility and risk, FT or OGD?

Fortune Minerals has a beta of 0.4, suggesting that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Orbit Garant Drilling has a beta of 2.16, suggesting that its stock price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is FT or OGD more profitable?

Fortune Minerals has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Orbit Garant Drilling's net margin of -3.25%. Orbit Garant Drilling's return on equity of -9.60% beat Fortune Minerals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fortune Minerals	N/A	-65.96%	-1.71%
Orbit Garant Drilling	-3.25%	-9.60%	-0.01%

Do analysts rate FT or OGD?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fortune Minerals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Orbit Garant Drilling	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals believe in FT or OGD?

11.1% of Orbit Garant Drilling shares are held by institutional investors. 4.4% of Fortune Minerals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 24.5% of Orbit Garant Drilling shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FT or OGD?

Fortune Minerals received 22 more outperform votes than Orbit Garant Drilling when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.27% of users gave Orbit Garant Drilling an outperform vote while only 69.20% of users gave Fortune Minerals an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fortune Minerals	Outperform Votes 164 69.20%	Underperform Votes 73 30.80%
Orbit Garant Drilling	Outperform Votes 142 69.27%	Underperform Votes 63 30.73%

Summary

Orbit Garant Drilling beats Fortune Minerals on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.