SMT vs. SLI, NDM, POM, LAC, NOU, AMC, FVL, FWZ, SAU, and TECK.A
Should you be buying Sierra Metals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sierra Metals include Standard Lithium (SLI), Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM), PolyMet Mining (POM), Lithium Americas (LAC), Nouveau Monde Graphite (NOU), Arizona Metals (AMC), Freegold Ventures (FVL), Fireweed Metals (FWZ), St. Augustine Gold and Copper (SAU), and Teck Resources (TECK.A). These companies are all part of the "other industrial metals & mining" industry.
Sierra Metals vs. Its Competitors
Standard Lithium (CVE:SLI) and Sierra Metals (TSE:SMT) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, dividends and media sentiment.
Standard Lithium has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Sierra Metals. Sierra Metals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Standard Lithium, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Standard Lithium has a beta of 1.93, suggesting that its share price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sierra Metals has a beta of 2.12, suggesting that its share price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Standard Lithium had 1 more articles in the media than Sierra Metals. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Standard Lithium and 1 mentions for Sierra Metals. Standard Lithium's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Sierra Metals'average media sentiment score.
10.0% of Standard Lithium shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.4% of Sierra Metals shares are held by institutional investors. 15.2% of Standard Lithium shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Sierra Metals shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Standard Lithium has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Sierra Metals' net margin of -1.86%. Standard Lithium's return on equity of 68.27% beat Sierra Metals' return on equity.
Summary
Standard Lithium beats Sierra Metals on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (TSE:SMT) was last updated on 8/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
