LGO vs. ERD, S, AII, SMT, WM, FSY, NEXT, NB, GEO, and ARA
Should you be buying Largo stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Largo include Erdene Resource Development (ERD), Sherritt International (S), Almonty Industries (AII), Sierra Metals (SMT), Wallbridge Mining (WM), Forsys Metals (FSY), NextSource Materials (NEXT), NioCorp Developments (NB), Geodrill (GEO), and Aclara Resources (ARA). These companies are all part of the "other industrial metals & mining" industry.
Erdene Resource Development (TSE:ERD) and Largo (TSE:LGO) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings and valuation.
In the previous week, Erdene Resource Development and Erdene Resource Development both had 2 articles in the media. Largo's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Erdene Resource Development's score of 0.84 indicating that Erdene Resource Development is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Erdene Resource Development received 81 more outperform votes than Largo when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.00% of users gave Largo an outperform vote while only 69.29% of users gave Erdene Resource Development an outperform vote.
Erdene Resource Development has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Largo has a beta of 2, indicating that its stock price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500.
6.2% of Erdene Resource Development shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.9% of Largo shares are held by institutional investors. 22.2% of Erdene Resource Development shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Largo shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Erdene Resource Development has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Largo. Erdene Resource Development is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Largo, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Erdene Resource Development has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Erdene Resource Development's net margin of -15.27%. Erdene Resource Development's return on equity of -12.20% beat Largo's return on equity.
Summary
Largo beats Erdene Resource Development on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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