Orbit Garant Drilling (OGD) Competitors

Global Atomic (TSE:GLO) and Orbit Garant Drilling (TSE:OGD) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GLO or OGD?

Orbit Garant Drilling received 141 more outperform votes than Global Atomic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.27% of users gave Orbit Garant Drilling an outperform vote while only 16.67% of users gave Global Atomic an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Global Atomic	Outperform Votes 1 16.67%	Underperform Votes 5 83.33%
Orbit Garant Drilling	Outperform Votes 142 69.27%	Underperform Votes 63 30.73%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in GLO or OGD?

15.4% of Global Atomic shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.6% of Orbit Garant Drilling shares are held by institutional investors. 10.2% of Global Atomic shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.4% of Orbit Garant Drilling shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate GLO or OGD?

Global Atomic presently has a consensus target price of C$1.88, indicating a potential upside of 179.85%. Given Global Atomic's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Global Atomic is more favorable than Orbit Garant Drilling.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Global Atomic	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Orbit Garant Drilling	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has higher earnings and valuation, GLO or OGD?

Orbit Garant Drilling has higher revenue and earnings than Global Atomic. Global Atomic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Orbit Garant Drilling, 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
Global Atomic	C$1.10M	194.13	-C$10.53M	-C$0.03	-21.05
Orbit Garant Drilling	C$185.02M	0.31	C$2.27M	C$0.06	25.60

Is GLO or OGD more profitable?

Orbit Garant Drilling has a net margin of 1.23% compared to Global Atomic's net margin of -955.83%. Orbit Garant Drilling's return on equity of 3.73% beat Global Atomic's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Global Atomic	-955.83%	-4.19%	-2.79%
Orbit Garant Drilling	1.23%	3.73%	2.56%

Which has more risk & volatility, GLO or OGD?

Global Atomic has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Orbit Garant Drilling has a beta of 2.27, meaning that its share price is 127% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to GLO or OGD?

In the previous week, Global Atomic had 5 more articles in the media than Orbit Garant Drilling. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Global Atomic and 4 mentions for Orbit Garant Drilling. Orbit Garant Drilling's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Global Atomic's score of -0.51 indicating that Orbit Garant Drilling is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Global Atomic	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative
Orbit Garant Drilling	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Orbit Garant Drilling beats Global Atomic on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.