SMT vs. FSY, AII, NB, ERD, S, LGO, FVL, NEXT, TMQ, and GEO
Should you be buying Sierra Metals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sierra Metals include Forsys Metals (FSY), Almonty Industries (AII), NioCorp Developments (NB), Erdene Resource Development (ERD), Sherritt International (S), Largo (LGO), Freegold Ventures (FVL), NextSource Materials (NEXT), Trilogy Metals (TMQ), and Geodrill (GEO). These companies are all part of the "other industrial metals & mining" industry.
Sierra Metals (TSE:SMT) and Forsys Metals (TSE:FSY) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.
In the previous week, Sierra Metals had 7 more articles in the media than Forsys Metals. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Sierra Metals and 0 mentions for Forsys Metals. Sierra Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Forsys Metals' score of 0.00 indicating that Sierra Metals is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Forsys Metals has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Sierra Metals' net margin of -8.42%. Sierra Metals' return on equity of -5.81% beat Forsys Metals' return on equity.
Sierra Metals currently has a consensus target price of C$1.00, indicating a potential upside of 21.95%. Given Sierra Metals' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Sierra Metals is more favorable than Forsys Metals.
Sierra Metals received 66 more outperform votes than Forsys Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.74% of users gave Forsys Metals an outperform vote while only 44.90% of users gave Sierra Metals an outperform vote.
Forsys Metals has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Sierra Metals. Forsys Metals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sierra Metals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sierra Metals has a beta of 2.15, suggesting that its stock price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Forsys Metals has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
23.7% of Sierra Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.2% of Forsys Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Sierra Metals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 37.1% of Forsys Metals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Sierra Metals beats Forsys Metals on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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