North American Construction Group (NOA) Competitors

North American Construction Group (TSE:NOA) and Coro Mining (TSE:COP) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and profitability.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, NOA or COP?

North American Construction Group has higher revenue and earnings than Coro Mining. Coro Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than North American Construction Group, 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
North American Construction Group	C$1.18B	0.55	C$56.80M	C$2.13	11.48
Coro Mining	N/A	N/A	N/A	-C$0.01	N/A

Do analysts recommend NOA or COP?

North American Construction Group presently has a consensus target price of C$35.63, suggesting a potential upside of 45.88%. Given North American Construction Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe North American Construction Group is more favorable than Coro Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
North American Construction Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.13
Coro Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NOA or COP?

North American Construction Group received 209 more outperform votes than Coro Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.63% of users gave Coro Mining an outperform vote while only 63.42% of users gave North American Construction Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
North American Construction Group	Outperform Votes 293 63.42%	Underperform Votes 169 36.58%
Coro Mining	Outperform Votes 84 65.63%	Underperform Votes 44 34.38%

Is NOA or COP a better dividend stock?

North American Construction Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Coro Mining pays an annual dividend of C$1.14 per share. North American Construction Group pays out 18.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Coro Mining pays out -11,400.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Does the media refer more to NOA or COP?

In the previous week, North American Construction Group had 2 more articles in the media than Coro Mining. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for North American Construction Group and 0 mentions for Coro Mining. North American Construction Group's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Coro Mining's score of 0.00 indicating that North American Construction Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
North American Construction Group	Positive
Coro Mining	Neutral

Is NOA or COP more profitable?

North American Construction Group has a net margin of 4.80% compared to Coro Mining's net margin of 0.00%. North American Construction Group's return on equity of 15.24% beat Coro Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
North American Construction Group	4.80%	15.24%	6.65%
Coro Mining	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of NOA or COP?

79.1% of North American Construction Group shares are held by institutional investors. 8.9% of North American Construction Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

North American Construction Group beats Coro Mining on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.