NEXT vs. SKE, GLO, AOT, AMC, SLI, WRN, NOU, EMX, ETG, and FAR
Should you be buying NextSource Materials stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NextSource Materials include Skeena Resources (SKE), Global Atomic (GLO), Ascot Resources (AOT), Arizona Metals (AMC), Standard Lithium (SLI), Western Copper and Gold (WRN), Nouveau Monde Graphite (NOU), EMX Royalty (EMX), Entrée Resources (ETG), and Foraco International (FAR). These companies are all part of the "other industrial metals & mining" industry.
NextSource Materials (TSE:NEXT) and Skeena Resources (TSE:SKE) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, risk and community ranking.
NextSource Materials received 70 more outperform votes than Skeena Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 91.43% of users gave Skeena Resources an outperform vote while only 74.45% of users gave NextSource Materials an outperform vote.
NextSource Materials has a beta of 2.21, indicating that its stock price is 121% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Skeena Resources has a beta of 1.68, indicating that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.
0.6% of NextSource Materials shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.8% of Skeena Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 48.6% of NextSource Materials shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Skeena Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
NextSource Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Skeena Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NextSource Materials currently has a consensus price target of C$2.50, indicating a potential upside of 177.78%. Skeena Resources has a consensus price target of C$16.39, indicating a potential upside of 171.86%. Given NextSource Materials' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe NextSource Materials is more favorable than Skeena Resources.
NextSource Materials' return on equity of -14.66% beat Skeena Resources' return on equity.
In the previous week, NextSource Materials had 2 more articles in the media than Skeena Resources. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for NextSource Materials and 1 mentions for Skeena Resources. NextSource Materials' average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Skeena Resources' score of 0.00 indicating that NextSource Materials is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
NextSource Materials beats Skeena Resources on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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