Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM) Competitors

Freegold Ventures (TSE:FVL) and Northern Dynasty Minerals (TSE:NDM) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and risk.

Is FVL or NDM more profitable?

Northern Dynasty Minerals' return on equity of -3.75% beat Freegold Ventures' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Freegold Ventures	N/A	-3.75%	-2.32%
Northern Dynasty Minerals	N/A	-17.16%	-11.32%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of FVL or NDM?

5.1% of Freegold Ventures shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.5% of Northern Dynasty Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. 29.2% of Freegold Ventures shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Northern Dynasty Minerals shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, FVL or NDM?

Freegold Ventures has a beta of 2.35, meaning that its share price is 135% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northern Dynasty Minerals has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FVL or NDM?

Northern Dynasty Minerals received 272 more outperform votes than Freegold Ventures when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.87% of users gave Freegold Ventures an outperform vote while only 65.09% of users gave Northern Dynasty Minerals an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Freegold Ventures	Outperform Votes 73 68.87%	Underperform Votes 33 31.13%
Northern Dynasty Minerals	Outperform Votes 345 65.09%	Underperform Votes 185 34.91%

Do analysts rate FVL or NDM?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Freegold Ventures	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Northern Dynasty Minerals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, FVL or NDM?

Freegold Ventures is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northern Dynasty Minerals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Freegold Ventures	N/A	N/A	-C$3.12M	-C$0.01	-53.00
Northern Dynasty Minerals	N/A	N/A	-C$23.84M	-C$0.05	-9.10

Does the media prefer FVL or NDM?

In the previous week, Northern Dynasty Minerals had 1 more articles in the media than Freegold Ventures. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Northern Dynasty Minerals and 2 mentions for Freegold Ventures. Northern Dynasty Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Freegold Ventures' score of 0.00 indicating that Freegold Ventures is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Freegold Ventures	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Northern Dynasty Minerals	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Freegold Ventures beats Northern Dynasty Minerals on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.