GEM vs. THS, SLP, PDL, EEE, EUA, GMET, GEMD, UFO, COBR, and FME
Should you be buying Gemfields Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gemfields Group include Tharisa (THS), Sylvania Platinum (SLP), Petra Diamonds (PDL), Empire Metals (EEE), Eurasia Mining (EUA), Golden Metal Resources (GMET), Gem Diamonds (GEMD), Alien Metals (UFO), Cobra Resources (COBR), and Future Metals (FME). These companies are all part of the "other precious metals & mining" industry.
Gemfields Group (LON:GEM) and Tharisa (LON:THS) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, community ranking, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Tharisa has higher revenue and earnings than Gemfields Group. Gemfields Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tharisa, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Gemfields Group had 1 more articles in the media than Tharisa. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Gemfields Group and 0 mentions for Tharisa. Tharisa's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Gemfields Group's score of -0.09 indicating that Tharisa is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
35.3% of Gemfields Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.6% of Tharisa shares are held by institutional investors. 47.6% of Gemfields Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 65.7% of Tharisa shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Gemfields Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. Tharisa pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Gemfields Group pays out -10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tharisa pays out 1,904.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Gemfields Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Tharisa has a consensus price target of GBX 120, indicating a potential upside of 54.84%. Given Tharisa's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Tharisa is more favorable than Gemfields Group.
Gemfields Group received 313 more outperform votes than Tharisa when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 82.58% of users gave Tharisa an outperform vote while only 75.45% of users gave Gemfields Group an outperform vote.
Gemfields Group has a beta of 0.19, meaning that its stock price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tharisa has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Tharisa has a net margin of 12.65% compared to Gemfields Group's net margin of -3.85%. Tharisa's return on equity of 13.40% beat Gemfields Group's return on equity.
Summary
Tharisa beats Gemfields Group on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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