Orbit Garant Drilling (OGD) Competitors

Trilogy Metals (TSE:TMQ) and Orbit Garant Drilling (TSE:OGD) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of TMQ or OGD?

42.3% of Trilogy Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.6% of Orbit Garant Drilling shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.9% of Trilogy Metals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 24.4% of Orbit Garant Drilling shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to TMQ or OGD?

In the previous week, Orbit Garant Drilling had 1 more articles in the media than Trilogy Metals. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Orbit Garant Drilling and 1 mentions for Trilogy Metals. Trilogy Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Orbit Garant Drilling's score of 0.00 indicating that Trilogy Metals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Trilogy Metals	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Orbit Garant Drilling	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, TMQ or OGD?

Orbit Garant Drilling has higher revenue and earnings than Trilogy Metals. Trilogy Metals 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
Trilogy Metals	N/A	N/A	-C$7.09M	-C$0.09	-20.07
Orbit Garant Drilling	C$185.02M	0.35	C$2.27M	C$0.06	28.89

Is TMQ or OGD more profitable?

Orbit Garant Drilling has a net margin of 1.23% compared to Trilogy Metals' net margin of 0.00%. Orbit Garant Drilling's return on equity of 3.73% beat Trilogy Metals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Trilogy Metals	N/A	-7.36%	-2.82%
Orbit Garant Drilling	1.23%	3.73%	2.56%

Do analysts prefer TMQ or OGD?

Trilogy Metals currently has a consensus price target of C$2.38, indicating a potential upside of 32.68%. Given Trilogy Metals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Trilogy Metals is more favorable than Orbit Garant Drilling.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Trilogy Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 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 more volatility and risk, TMQ or OGD?

Trilogy Metals has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% 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.

Summary

Orbit Garant Drilling beats Trilogy Metals on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.