NEXT vs. WM, FURY, GEO, NB, TMQ, LGO, SAU, S, ARA, and SLR
Should you be buying NextSource Materials stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NextSource Materials include Wallbridge Mining (WM), Fury Gold Mines (FURY), Geodrill (GEO), NioCorp Developments (NB), Trilogy Metals (TMQ), Largo (LGO), St. Augustine Gold and Copper (SAU), Sherritt International (S), Aclara Resources (ARA), and Solitario Resources (SLR). These companies are all part of the "other industrial metals & mining" industry.
Wallbridge Mining (TSE:WM) and NextSource Materials (TSE:NEXT) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, profitability, valuation and earnings.
Wallbridge Mining received 1 more outperform votes than NextSource Materials when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.26% of users gave NextSource Materials an outperform vote while only 67.11% of users gave Wallbridge Mining an outperform vote.
NextSource Materials' return on equity of -3.56% beat Wallbridge Mining's return on equity.
Wallbridge Mining has a beta of 1.53, meaning that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NextSource Materials has a beta of 2.19, meaning that its share price is 119% more volatile than the S&P 500.
NextSource Materials has a consensus price target of C$4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 455.56%. Given Wallbridge Mining's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe NextSource Materials is more favorable than Wallbridge Mining.
NextSource Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wallbridge Mining, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Wallbridge Mining had 1 more articles in the media than NextSource Materials. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Wallbridge Mining and 0 mentions for NextSource Materials. NextSource Materials' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Wallbridge Mining'saverage media sentiment score.
2.0% of Wallbridge Mining shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.2% of NextSource Materials shares are held by institutional investors. 17.2% of Wallbridge Mining shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 48.6% of NextSource Materials shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Wallbridge Mining beats NextSource Materials on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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