SMT vs. MDI, POM, LAC, NOU, AMC, FWZ, SLI, TECK.A, FVL, and ERD
Should you be buying Sierra Metals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sierra Metals include Major Drilling Group International (MDI), PolyMet Mining (POM), Lithium Americas (LAC), Nouveau Monde Graphite (NOU), Arizona Metals (AMC), Fireweed Metals (FWZ), Standard Lithium (SLI), Teck Resources (TECK.A), Freegold Ventures (FVL), and Erdene Resource Development (ERD). These companies are all part of the "other industrial metals & mining" industry.
Sierra Metals vs. Its Competitors
Major Drilling Group International (TSE:MDI) and Sierra Metals (TSE:SMT) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Major Drilling Group International has higher revenue and earnings than Sierra Metals. Sierra Metals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Major Drilling Group International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Major Drilling Group International had 2 more articles in the media than Sierra Metals. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Major Drilling Group International and 0 mentions for Sierra Metals. Major Drilling Group International's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Sierra Metals' score of 0.00 indicating that Major Drilling Group International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Major Drilling Group International pays an annual dividend of C$0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Sierra Metals pays an annual dividend of C$0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Major Drilling Group International pays out 7.9% 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. Sierra Metals is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
52.2% of Major Drilling Group International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.4% of Sierra Metals shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Major Drilling Group International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Sierra Metals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Major Drilling Group International received 89 more outperform votes than Sierra Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.77% of users gave Major Drilling Group International an outperform vote while only 44.75% of users gave Sierra Metals an outperform vote.
Major Drilling Group International has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sierra Metals has a beta of 2.12, meaning that its stock price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Major Drilling Group International has a net margin of 6.12% compared to Sierra Metals' net margin of -1.86%. Major Drilling Group International's return on equity of 8.26% beat Sierra Metals' return on equity.
Summary
Major Drilling Group International beats Sierra Metals on 13 of the 17 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 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
