NCU vs. FDY, MIN, ARG, III, BOS, AII, FF, LUC, ASM, and NB
Should you be buying Nevada Copper stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nevada Copper include Faraday Copper (FDY), Excelsior Mining (MIN), Amerigo Resources (ARG), Imperial Metals (III), AirBoss of America (BOS), Almonty Industries (AII), First Mining Gold (FF), Lucara Diamond (LUC), Avino Silver & Gold Mines (ASM), and NioCorp Developments (NB). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Faraday Copper (TSE:FDY) and Nevada Copper (TSE:NCU) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, community ranking and institutional ownership.
15.8% of Faraday Copper shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Nevada Copper shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Faraday Copper shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 52.2% of Nevada Copper shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Nevada Copper had 2 more articles in the media than Faraday Copper. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Nevada Copper and 0 mentions for Faraday Copper. Faraday Copper's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Nevada Copper's score of 0.00 indicating that Nevada Copper is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Nevada Copper received 336 more outperform votes than Faraday Copper when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 83.33% of users gave Faraday Copper an outperform vote while only 78.03% of users gave Nevada Copper an outperform vote.
Faraday Copper currently has a consensus price target of C$1.30, indicating a potential upside of 73.33%. Nevada Copper has a consensus price target of C$0.30, indicating a potential upside of 200.00%. Given Faraday Copper's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Nevada Copper is more favorable than Faraday Copper.
Faraday Copper has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nevada Copper has a beta of 2.64, meaning that its share price is 164% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Faraday Copper has higher revenue and earnings than Nevada Copper. Faraday Copper is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nevada Copper, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Faraday Copper's return on equity of -36.37% beat Nevada Copper's return on equity.
Summary
Nevada Copper beats Faraday Copper on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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