SMT vs. POM, LAC, NOU, SLI, AMC, FVL, TECK.A, FWZ, EMO, and WRN
Should you be buying Sierra Metals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sierra Metals include PolyMet Mining (POM), Lithium Americas (LAC), Nouveau Monde Graphite (NOU), Standard Lithium (SLI), Arizona Metals (AMC), Freegold Ventures (FVL), Teck Resources (TECK.A), Fireweed Metals (FWZ), Emerita Resources (EMO), and Western Copper and Gold (WRN). These companies are all part of the "other industrial metals & mining" industry.
Sierra Metals vs. Its Competitors
PolyMet Mining (TSE:POM) and Sierra Metals (TSE:SMT) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
PolyMet Mining has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sierra Metals has a beta of 2.12, indicating that its share price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500.
PolyMet Mining pays an annual dividend of C$1.08 per share. Sierra Metals pays an annual dividend of C$0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. PolyMet Mining pays out -400.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sierra Metals pays out -105.4% 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.
In the previous week, Sierra Metals had 2 more articles in the media than PolyMet Mining. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Sierra Metals and 0 mentions for PolyMet Mining. PolyMet Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Sierra Metals' score of -0.03 indicating that PolyMet Mining is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sierra Metals has higher revenue and earnings than PolyMet Mining. Sierra Metals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PolyMet Mining, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PolyMet Mining has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Sierra Metals' net margin of -1.86%. Sierra Metals' return on equity of -5.83% beat PolyMet Mining's return on equity.
2.7% of PolyMet Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.4% of Sierra Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. 82.5% of PolyMet Mining shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Sierra Metals 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.
Summary
Sierra Metals beats PolyMet Mining on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:SMT) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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