First Class Metals (FCM) Competitors

First Class Metals (LON:FCM) and Ironveld (LON:IRON) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation and community ranking.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FCM or IRON?

Ironveld received 83 more outperform votes than First Class Metals when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Class Metals	N/A	N/A
Ironveld	Outperform Votes 83 63.85%	Underperform Votes 47 36.15%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in FCM or IRON?

5.6% of First Class Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.1% of Ironveld shares are owned by institutional investors. 68.9% of First Class Metals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 68.5% of Ironveld shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is FCM or IRON more profitable?

First Class Metals has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Ironveld's net margin of -422.33%. Ironveld's return on equity of -2.37% beat First Class Metals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Class Metals	N/A	-49.44%	N/A
Ironveld	-422.33%	-2.37%	-1.97%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, FCM or IRON?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
First Class Metals	N/A	N/A	-£2.20M	-£2.18	-0.41
Ironveld	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to FCM or IRON?

In the previous week, Ironveld had 1 more articles in the media than First Class Metals. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Ironveld and 1 mentions for First Class Metals. First Class Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Ironveld's score of -0.03 indicating that First Class Metals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
First Class Metals	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Ironveld	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

First Class Metals beats Ironveld on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.