PTM vs. LUC, DNG, ASM, GGD, PPTA, FSY, SMT, WEF, FVL, and ITH
Should you be buying Platinum Group Metals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Platinum Group Metals include Lucara Diamond (LUC), Dynacor Group (DNG), Avino Silver & Gold Mines (ASM), GoGold Resources (GGD), Perpetua Resources (PPTA), Forsys Metals (FSY), Sierra Metals (SMT), Western Forest Products (WEF), Freegold Ventures (FVL), and International Tower Hill Mines (ITH). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Lucara Diamond (TSE:LUC) and Platinum Group Metals (TSE:PTM) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.
In the previous week, Lucara Diamond and Lucara Diamond both had 1 articles in the media. Platinum Group Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Lucara Diamond's score of 0.00 indicating that Lucara Diamond is being referred to more favorably in the media.
16.5% of Lucara Diamond shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.2% of Platinum Group Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.5% of Lucara Diamond shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.5% of Platinum Group Metals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Lucara Diamond has a beta of 1.53, suggesting that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Platinum Group Metals has a beta of 1.75, suggesting that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lucara Diamond received 173 more outperform votes than Platinum Group Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.41% of users gave Platinum Group Metals an outperform vote while only 65.91% of users gave Lucara Diamond an outperform vote.
Platinum Group Metals has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Platinum Group Metals' net margin of -11.38%. Platinum Group Metals' return on equity of -7.88% beat Lucara Diamond's return on equity.
Platinum Group Metals has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lucara Diamond. Platinum Group Metals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lucara Diamond, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Lucara Diamond beats Platinum Group Metals on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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