LUC vs. ASM, DNG, PTM, DIAM, MPVD, GGD, PPTA, FF, NCU, and BOS
Should you be buying Lucara Diamond stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lucara Diamond include Avino Silver & Gold Mines (ASM), Dynacor Group (DNG), Platinum Group Metals (PTM), Star Diamond (DIAM), Mountain Province Diamonds (MPVD), GoGold Resources (GGD), Perpetua Resources (PPTA), First Mining Gold (FF), Nevada Copper (NCU), and AirBoss of America (BOS). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Avino Silver & Gold Mines (TSE:ASM) and Lucara Diamond (TSE:LUC) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.
Avino Silver & Gold Mines has a beta of 1.98, meaning that its stock price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lucara Diamond has a beta of 1.53, meaning that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Avino Silver & Gold Mines had 8 more articles in the media than Lucara Diamond. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Avino Silver & Gold Mines and 3 mentions for Lucara Diamond. Lucara Diamond's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Avino Silver & Gold Mines' score of 0.54 indicating that Avino Silver & Gold Mines is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Avino Silver & Gold Mines has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lucara Diamond. Lucara Diamond is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Avino Silver & Gold Mines, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
7.9% of Avino Silver & Gold Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.5% of Lucara Diamond shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Avino Silver & Gold Mines shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 27.5% of Lucara Diamond 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.
Avino Silver & Gold Mines has a net margin of 1.24% compared to Avino Silver & Gold Mines' net margin of -11.38%. Lucara Diamond's return on equity of 0.53% beat Avino Silver & Gold Mines' return on equity.
Lucara Diamond received 340 more outperform votes than Avino Silver & Gold Mines when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Avino Silver & Gold Mines an outperform vote while only 65.91% of users gave Lucara Diamond an outperform vote.
Summary
Avino Silver & Gold Mines beats Lucara Diamond on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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