III vs. NSU, ERO, TKO, IE, AYM, CMMC, ARG, LA, FDY, and CUU
Should you be buying Imperial Metals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Imperial Metals include Nevsun Resources (NSU), Ero Copper (ERO), Taseko Mines (TKO), Ivanhoe Electric (IE), Atalaya Mining (AYM), Copper Mountain Mining (CMMC), Amerigo Resources (ARG), Los Andes Copper (LA), Faraday Copper (FDY), and Copper Fox Metals (CUU). These companies are all part of the "copper" industry.
Imperial Metals vs. Its Competitors
Imperial Metals (TSE:III) and Nevsun Resources (TSE:NSU) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.
16.7% of Imperial Metals shares are held by institutional investors. 49.3% of Imperial Metals shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Imperial Metals has higher revenue and earnings than Nevsun Resources. Nevsun Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Imperial Metals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Nevsun Resources received 97 more outperform votes than Imperial Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.14% of users gave Nevsun Resources an outperform vote while only 53.13% of users gave Imperial Metals an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Imperial Metals had 1 more articles in the media than Nevsun Resources. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Imperial Metals and 0 mentions for Nevsun Resources. Imperial Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Nevsun Resources'average media sentiment score.
Imperial Metals has a net margin of 7.33% compared to Nevsun Resources' net margin of 0.00%. Imperial Metals' return on equity of 4.53% beat Nevsun Resources' return on equity.
Summary
Imperial Metals beats Nevsun Resources on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:III) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
