GRA vs. III, VNP, AR, VGCX, TBL, GGD, WRN, ETG, FAR, and TECK.A
Should you be buying NanoXplore stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NanoXplore include Imperial Metals (III), 5N Plus (VNP), Argonaut Gold (AR), Victoria Gold (VGCX), Taiga Building Products (TBL), GoGold Resources (GGD), Western Copper and Gold (WRN), Entrée Resources (ETG), Foraco International (FAR), and Teck Resources (TECK.A). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
NanoXplore (TSE:GRA) and Imperial Metals (TSE:III) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Imperial Metals received 228 more outperform votes than NanoXplore when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 90.91% of users gave NanoXplore an outperform vote while only 53.13% of users gave Imperial Metals an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Imperial Metals had 3 more articles in the media than NanoXplore. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Imperial Metals and 1 mentions for NanoXplore. NanoXplore's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Imperial Metals' score of 0.32 indicating that NanoXplore is being referred to more favorably in the media.
NanoXplore has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Imperial Metals. NanoXplore is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Imperial Metals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NanoXplore currently has a consensus target price of C$3.75, suggesting a potential upside of 43.68%. Given NanoXplore's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe NanoXplore is more favorable than Imperial Metals.
NanoXplore has a net margin of -8.63% compared to Imperial Metals' net margin of -10.66%. Imperial Metals' return on equity of -5.06% beat NanoXplore's return on equity.
12.3% of NanoXplore shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.4% of Imperial Metals shares are held by institutional investors. 29.8% of NanoXplore shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 49.8% of Imperial Metals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
NanoXplore has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Imperial Metals has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
NanoXplore beats Imperial Metals on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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