Orbit Garant Drilling (OGD) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, OGD or FT?

Orbit Garant Drilling has a beta of 2.16, suggesting that its stock price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fortune Minerals has a beta of 0.4, suggesting that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor OGD or FT?

In the previous week, Orbit Garant Drilling and Orbit Garant Drilling both had 1 articles in the media. Fortune Minerals' average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Orbit Garant Drilling's score of 0.00 indicating that Fortune Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer OGD or FT?

Fortune Minerals received 22 more outperform votes than Orbit Garant Drilling when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.27% of users gave Orbit Garant Drilling an outperform vote while only 69.20% of users gave Fortune Minerals an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Orbit Garant Drilling	Outperform Votes 142 69.27%	Underperform Votes 63 30.73%
Fortune Minerals	Outperform Votes 164 69.20%	Underperform Votes 73 30.80%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in OGD or FT?

11.1% of Orbit Garant Drilling shares are held by institutional investors. 24.5% of Orbit Garant Drilling shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Fortune 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.

Is OGD or FT more profitable?

Fortune Minerals has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Orbit Garant Drilling's net margin of -3.25%. Orbit Garant Drilling's return on equity of -9.60% beat Fortune Minerals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Orbit Garant Drilling	-3.25%	-9.60%	-0.01%
Fortune Minerals	N/A	-65.96%	-1.71%

Do analysts recommend OGD or FT?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Orbit Garant Drilling	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Fortune Minerals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has better earnings & valuation, OGD or FT?

Orbit Garant Drilling has higher revenue and earnings than Fortune Minerals. Orbit Garant Drilling is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fortune 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
Orbit Garant Drilling	C$183.78M	0.11	-C$5.98M	-C$0.17	-3.18
Fortune Minerals	C$60.00	333,093.33	-C$33.21M	-C$0.09	-0.44

Summary

Orbit Garant Drilling beats Fortune Minerals on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.