Imperial Metals (III) Competitors C$3.54 +0.09 (+2.61%) As of 11:33 AM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesBuy This Stock III vs. NSU, ERO, TKO, AYM, IE, CMMC, ARG, FDY, LA, and CUUShould 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), Atalaya Mining (AYM), Ivanhoe Electric (IE), Copper Mountain Mining (CMMC), Amerigo Resources (ARG), Faraday Copper (FDY), Los Andes Copper (LA), and Copper Fox Metals (CUU). These companies are all part of the "copper" industry. Imperial Metals vs. Nevsun Resources Ero Copper Taseko Mines Atalaya Mining Ivanhoe Electric Copper Mountain Mining Amerigo Resources Faraday Copper Los Andes Copper Copper Fox Metals Nevsun Resources (TSE:NSU) and Imperial Metals (TSE:III) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations and earnings. Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in NSU or III? 16.7% of Imperial Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. 49.3% of Imperial Metals 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. Which has better valuation & earnings, NSU or III? 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 RatioNevsun ResourcesC$335.39M0.00-C$36.31M-C$0.12N/AImperial MetalsC$456.16M1.24C$33.43MC$0.2017.17 Does the media favor NSU or III? 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 0.22 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 Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NSU or III? 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. CompanyUnderperformOutperformNevsun ResourcesOutperform Votes33560.14% Underperform Votes22239.86% Imperial MetalsOutperform Votes23853.13% Underperform Votes21046.88% Is NSU or III more profitable? 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% SummaryImperial Metals beats Nevsun Resources on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Imperial Metals News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for III and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart III vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricImperial MetalsCopper IndustryMaterials SectorTSE ExchangeMarket CapC$566.18MC$1.95BC$3.02BC$5.66BDividend Yield7.26%4.52%5.18%6.84%P/E Ratio17.1712.1075.1628.62Price / Sales1.241,593.7624,272,056,611,914,900.00601.02Price / Cash7.1731.3624.3283.20Price / Book0.731.895.143.71Net IncomeC$33.43M-C$78.74MC$155.11MC$301.04M7 Day Performance0.88%-1.27%-0.12%0.03%1 Month Performance27.78%-2.06%1.82%-0.73%1 Year Performance32.69%-3.50%17.10%13.57% Imperial Metals Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)IIIImperial MetalsN/AC$3.54+2.6%N/A+31.2%C$580.95MC$456.16M17.621,258NSUNevsun ResourcesN/AN/AN/AN/AC$1.82BC$335.39M-50.00N/AEROEro Copper3.4249 of 5 starsC$17.54+0.3%C$29.83+70.1%-38.2%C$1.23BC$315.28M76.732,460Positive NewsGap UpTKOTaseko Mines2.1239 of 5 starsC$3.22-1.2%C$4.50+39.8%N/AC$977.15MC$609.59M12.59N/AAYMAtalaya MiningN/AN/AN/AN/AC$808.51MC$363.40M10.70423Gap UpIEIvanhoe ElectricN/AC$9.10+0.3%N/A-39.3%C$780.71MC$2.31M-4.05244CMMCCopper Mountain MiningN/AN/AN/AN/AC$533.81MC$308.11M-9.58N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsARGAmerigo ResourcesN/AC$1.75-0.6%N/A-1.7%C$201.53MC$176.93M9.81299FDYFaraday Copper1.8772 of 5 starsC$0.88+2.3%C$1.13+27.8%+18.6%C$178.34MC$50,668.03-8.6714Analyst ForecastNews CoverageLALos Andes CopperN/AC$5.81-3.2%N/A-46.0%C$171.35MN/A31.86N/ANegative NewsCUUCopper Fox MetalsN/AC$0.23-4.2%N/A+14.0%C$130.60MN/A-211.73N/AGap Up Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Nevsun Resources Competitors Ero Copper Competitors Taseko Mines Competitors Atalaya Mining Competitors Ivanhoe Electric Competitors Copper Mountain Mining Competitors Amerigo Resources Competitors Faraday Copper Competitors Los Andes Copper Competitors Copper Fox Metals Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (TSE:III) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersThe next market Nvidia is positioned to dominate …Robots — built by Nvidia. 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