MPVD vs. DIAM, ELR, ORV, AUMN, ASM, LUC, TML, and CCM
Should you be buying Mountain Province Diamonds stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mountain Province Diamonds include Star Diamond (DIAM), Eastern Platinum (ELR), Orvana Minerals (ORV), Golden Minerals (AUMN), Avino Silver & Gold Mines (ASM), Lucara Diamond (LUC), Treasury Metals (TML), and Canagold Resources (CCM). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Mountain Province Diamonds (TSE:MPVD) and Star Diamond (TSE:DIAM) 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, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability and dividends.
0.7% of Mountain Province Diamonds shares are owned by institutional investors. 36.1% of Mountain Province Diamonds shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.4% of Star Diamond shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Mountain Province Diamonds has a net margin of 12.03% compared to Star Diamond's net margin of 0.00%. Mountain Province Diamonds' return on equity of 9.98% beat Star Diamond's return on equity.
In the previous week, Star Diamond had 1 more articles in the media than Mountain Province Diamonds. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Star Diamond and 4 mentions for Mountain Province Diamonds. Star Diamond's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Mountain Province Diamonds' score of 0.44 indicating that Star Diamond is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Mountain Province Diamonds received 86 more outperform votes than Star Diamond when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 79.55% of users gave Star Diamond an outperform vote while only 56.28% of users gave Mountain Province Diamonds an outperform vote.
Mountain Province Diamonds has a beta of 2.22, meaning that its share price is 122% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Star Diamond has a beta of 2.13, meaning that its share price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Mountain Province Diamonds has higher revenue and earnings than Star Diamond. Star Diamond is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mountain Province Diamonds, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Mountain Province Diamonds beats Star Diamond on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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