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Imperial Metals (III) Competitors

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C$4.77 -0.11 (-2.25%)
As of 03:43 PM Eastern

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

Nevsun Resources (TSE:NSU) and Imperial Metals (TSE:III) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

In the previous week, Imperial Metals had 3 more articles in the media than Nevsun Resources. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Imperial Metals and 0 mentions for Nevsun Resources. Imperial Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Nevsun Resources' score of 0.00 indicating that Imperial Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Nevsun Resources Neutral
Imperial Metals Neutral

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Nevsun ResourcesN/A N/A N/A
Imperial Metals 7.33%4.53%0.74%

16.7% of Imperial Metals shares are held by institutional investors. 49.3% of Imperial Metals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Nevsun ResourcesC$335.39M0.00-C$36.31M-C$0.12N/A
Imperial MetalsC$456.16M1.72C$33.43MC$0.2023.74

Summary

Imperial Metals beats Nevsun Resources on 11 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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III vs. The Competition

MetricImperial MetalsCopper IndustryMaterials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$782.80MC$2.43BC$3.28BC$6.19B
Dividend Yield7.26%4.52%5.17%6.72%
P/E Ratio23.7415.2794.6953.20
Price / Sales1.721,517.9625,801,666,827,738,200.001,210.19
Price / Cash7.1731.3623.8383.29
Price / Book1.022.225.904.75
Net IncomeC$33.43M-C$78.74MC$147.76MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance-4.02%3.18%1.48%1.69%
1 Month Performance-1.04%12.82%6.12%4.58%
1 Year Performance109.21%15.29%25.94%26.25%

Imperial Metals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
III
Imperial Metals
N/AC$4.77
-2.3%
N/A+114.0%C$782.80MC$456.16M23.741,258
NSU
Nevsun Resources
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$1.82BC$335.39M-50.00N/A
ERO
Ero Copper
3.4718 of 5 stars
C$21.82
-0.5%
C$29.30
+34.3%
-20.3%C$1.53BC$315.28M95.452,460News Coverage
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TKO
Taseko Mines
1.8118 of 5 stars
C$4.02
+1.5%
C$5.25
+30.6%
+37.2%C$1.22BC$609.59M15.72N/AGap Up
IE
Ivanhoe Electric
N/AC$12.52
+8.9%
N/A-7.3%C$1.07BC$2.31M-5.57244
AYM
Atalaya Mining
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$808.51MC$363.40M10.70423Gap Up
CMMC
Copper Mountain Mining
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$533.81MC$308.11M-9.58N/A
ARG
Amerigo Resources
N/AC$2.01
+6.9%
N/A+46.5%C$231.48MC$176.93M11.27299High Trading Volume
LA
Los Andes Copper
N/AC$5.96
+1.0%
N/A-36.1%C$175.77MN/A32.68N/AGap Up
High Trading Volume
FDY
Faraday Copper
0.4898 of 5 stars
C$0.84
-1.2%
C$1.25
+48.8%
+25.0%C$170.23MC$50.67K-8.2814News Coverage
CUU
Copper Fox Metals
N/AC$0.25
flat
N/A-1.9%C$141.95MN/A-230.14N/A

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