Kelt Exploration (KEL) Competitors

Dominion Diamond (TSE:DDC) and Kelt Exploration (TSE:KEL) are both small-cap manufacturing companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DDC or KEL?

Kelt Exploration received 330 more outperform votes than Dominion Diamond when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.44% of users gave Dominion Diamond an outperform vote while only 67.75% of users gave Kelt Exploration an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Dominion Diamond	Outperform Votes 235 73.44%	Underperform Votes 85 26.56%
Kelt Exploration	Outperform Votes 565 67.75%	Underperform Votes 269 32.25%

Does the media favor DDC or KEL?

In the previous week, Dominion Diamond and Dominion Diamond both had 1 articles in the media. Kelt Exploration's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Dominion Diamond's score of -0.80 indicating that Kelt Exploration is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Dominion Diamond	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative
Kelt Exploration	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in DDC or KEL?

31.4% of Kelt Exploration shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.9% of Kelt Exploration shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is DDC or KEL more profitable?

Kelt Exploration has a net margin of 13.12% compared to Dominion Diamond's net margin of 0.00%. Kelt Exploration's return on equity of 5.40% beat Dominion Diamond's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dominion Diamond	N/A	N/A	N/A
Kelt Exploration	13.12%	5.40%	4.72%

Do analysts rate DDC or KEL?

Kelt Exploration has a consensus price target of C$10.15, indicating a potential upside of 40.39%. Given Kelt Exploration's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kelt Exploration is more favorable than Dominion Diamond.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dominion Diamond	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Kelt Exploration	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, DDC or KEL?

Kelt Exploration has higher revenue and earnings than Dominion Diamond.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dominion Diamond	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Kelt Exploration	C$425.93M	3.36	C$55.90M	C$0.28	25.63

Summary

Kelt Exploration beats Dominion Diamond on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.