S vs. DV, GDS, RHT, META, GSD, GEN, RUM, PRO, MTC, and TYP
Should you be buying Sherritt International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sherritt International include Dolly Varden Silver (DV), Gendis (GDS), Reliq Health Technologies (RHT), Meta Growth (META), Devonian Health Group (GSD), GeneNews (GEN), Rocky Mountain Liquor (RUM), Pershimex Resources (PRO), MetalCorp (MTC), and Typhoon Exploration (TYP). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Dolly Varden Silver (CVE:DV) and Sherritt International (TSE:S) 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 valuation, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.
Dolly Varden Silver pays an annual dividend of C$0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 31.9%. Sherritt International pays an annual dividend of C$0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.2%. Dolly Varden Silver pays out -360.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sherritt International pays out -13.8% 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. Dolly Varden Silver is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Sherritt International had 4 more articles in the media than Dolly Varden Silver. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Sherritt International and 1 mentions for Dolly Varden Silver. Sherritt International's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Dolly Varden Silver's score of 0.10 indicating that Dolly Varden Silver is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Dolly Varden Silver has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Sherritt International. Dolly Varden Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sherritt International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Dolly Varden Silver currently has a consensus target price of C$1.25, suggesting a potential upside of 10.62%. Sherritt International has a consensus target price of C$0.53, suggesting a potential upside of 138.64%. Given Dolly Varden Silver's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sherritt International is more favorable than Dolly Varden Silver.
Sherritt International received 347 more outperform votes than Dolly Varden Silver when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.54% of users gave Sherritt International an outperform vote while only 56.52% of users gave Dolly Varden Silver an outperform vote.
13.0% of Dolly Varden Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.5% of Sherritt International shares are owned by institutional investors. 38.5% of Dolly Varden Silver shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Sherritt International shares are owned by 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.
Dolly Varden Silver has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Dolly Varden Silver's net margin of -61.19%. Dolly Varden Silver's return on equity of -18.32% beat Sherritt International's return on equity.
Dolly Varden Silver has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sherritt International has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Dolly Varden Silver beats Sherritt International on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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