PDL vs. THS, SLP, GEM, EUA, EEE, GMET, GEMD, COBR, UFO, and ROCK
Should you be buying Petra Diamonds stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Petra Diamonds include Tharisa (THS), Sylvania Platinum (SLP), Gemfields Group (GEM), Eurasia Mining (EUA), Empire Metals (EEE), Golden Metal Resources (GMET), Gem Diamonds (GEMD), Cobra Resources (COBR), Alien Metals (UFO), and Rockfire Resources (ROCK). These companies are all part of the "other precious metals & mining" industry.
Petra Diamonds vs.
Petra Diamonds (LON:PDL) and Tharisa (LON:THS) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Petra Diamonds pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. Tharisa pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Petra Diamonds pays out -606.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tharisa pays out 952.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Petra Diamonds is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Petra Diamonds received 1012 more outperform votes than Tharisa when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 82.76% of users gave Tharisa an outperform vote while only 81.40% of users gave Petra Diamonds an outperform vote.
Tharisa has higher revenue and earnings than Petra Diamonds. Petra Diamonds is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tharisa, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Tharisa has a net margin of 10.03% compared to Petra Diamonds' net margin of -23.43%. Tharisa's return on equity of 10.31% beat Petra Diamonds' return on equity.
Petra Diamonds has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tharisa has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Petra Diamonds had 2 more articles in the media than Tharisa. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Petra Diamonds and 1 mentions for Tharisa. Petra Diamonds' average media sentiment score of 0.13 beat Tharisa's score of -0.10 indicating that Petra Diamonds is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Tharisa has a consensus price target of GBX 120, indicating a potential upside of 99.55%. Given Tharisa's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Tharisa is more favorable than Petra Diamonds.
38.1% of Petra Diamonds shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.9% of Tharisa shares are owned by institutional investors. 48.6% of Petra Diamonds shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 65.7% of Tharisa shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Tharisa beats Petra Diamonds on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:PDL) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
