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Sierra Metals (SMT) Competitors

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C$1.15 0.00 (0.00%)
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SMT vs. SLI, LAC, POM, NOU, FWZ, AMC, TECK.A, FVL, ETG, and EMO

Should you be buying Sierra Metals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sierra Metals include Standard Lithium (SLI), Lithium Americas (LAC), PolyMet Mining (POM), Nouveau Monde Graphite (NOU), Fireweed Metals (FWZ), Arizona Metals (AMC), Teck Resources (TECK.A), Freegold Ventures (FVL), Entrée Resources (ETG), and Emerita Resources (EMO). 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 better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Standard LithiumN/A 68.27% -10.09%
Sierra Metals -1.86%-5.83%1.38%

10.0% of Standard Lithium shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.4% of Sierra Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.2% of Standard Lithium shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Sierra Metals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Standard LithiumN/AN/AC$152.14MC$0.844.34
Sierra MetalsC$214.24M0.80-C$3.98M-C$0.04-30.30

In the previous week, Standard Lithium had 6 more articles in the media than Sierra Metals. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Standard Lithium and 0 mentions for Sierra Metals. Standard Lithium's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Sierra Metals' score of 0.00 indicating that Standard Lithium is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Standard Lithium Neutral
Sierra Metals Neutral

Standard Lithium has a beta of 1.93, indicating that its share price is 93% more 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.

Summary

Standard Lithium beats Sierra Metals on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SMT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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SMT vs. The Competition

MetricSierra MetalsOther Industrial Metals & Mining IndustryMaterials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$171.40MC$1.05BC$3.24BC$6.22B
Dividend Yield13.68%6.19%5.16%6.72%
P/E Ratio-30.30107.85113.0355.27
Price / Sales0.8020,781.6328,664,708,927,600,500.001,147.36
Price / Cash2.6224.7023.8883.29
Price / Book1.697.306.044.98
Net Income-C$3.98MC$71.98MC$147.94MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance0.88%3.50%1.82%0.77%
1 Month Performance0.88%6.64%4.81%3.65%
1 Year Performance29.21%36.00%23.84%23.64%

Sierra Metals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SMT
Sierra Metals
N/AC$1.15
flat
N/A+40.2%C$171.40MC$214.24M-30.301,156
SLI
Standard Lithium
N/AC$3.25
+5.2%
N/A+117.5%C$597.83MN/A3.87N/AGap Up
LAC
Lithium Americas
1.0951 of 5 stars
C$3.72
+4.2%
C$7.50
+101.6%
-0.5%C$565.98MC$39.65K-19.46749News Coverage
High Trading Volume
POM
PolyMet Mining
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$556.16MN/A-10.595,184
NOU
Nouveau Monde Graphite
N/AC$3.24
+5.5%
N/A+34.4%C$493.33MN/A-5.407,120Gap Up
FWZ
Fireweed Metals
0.018 of 5 stars
C$2.61
-2.2%
C$2.65
+1.5%
+100.0%C$468.82MC$6.31K-12.69N/A
AMC
Arizona Metals
N/AC$3.99
+3.1%
C$2.75
-31.1%
+0.0%C$446.17MN/A-16.4933,700
TECK.A
Teck Resources
N/AC$53.46
-2.8%
N/A-25.2%C$407.37MC$15.57B19.1612,600News Coverage
FVL
Freegold Ventures
N/AC$1.16
-7.2%
N/A+159.6%C$382.68MN/A-333.873
ETG
Entrée Resources
0.18 of 5 stars
C$2.57
+2.0%
C$2.00
-22.2%
+75.5%C$376.24MN/A-51.644News Coverage
EMO
Emerita Resources
N/AC$1.44
-4.0%
N/A+120.3%C$368.26MC$2.21M-27.34N/ANews Coverage
Gap Up

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