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$1.68 +0.06 (+3.70%)
As of 01/21/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

NB vs. LZM, DC, WRN, NMG, ABAT, ASM, LGO, ATLX, SND, and AMLI

Should you be buying NioCorp Developments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NioCorp Developments include Lifezone Metals (LZM), Dakota Gold (DC), Western Copper & Gold (WRN), Nouveau Monde Graphite (NMG), American Battery Technology (ABAT), Avino Silver & Gold Mines (ASM), Largo (LGO), Atlas Lithium (ATLX), Smart Sand (SND), and American Lithium (AMLI). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.

NioCorp Developments vs.

Lifezone Metals (NYSE:LZM) and NioCorp Developments (NASDAQ:NB) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.

Lifezone Metals has a beta of 0.36, suggesting that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NioCorp Developments has a beta of -0.46, suggesting that its stock price is 146% less volatile than the S&P 500.

4.0% of NioCorp Developments shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.7% of NioCorp Developments shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

NioCorp Developments has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lifezone Metals.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lifezone Metals$1.48MN/A-$363.88MN/AN/A
NioCorp DevelopmentsN/AN/A-$11.44M-$0.85-1.98

Lifezone Metals and NioCorp Developments both received 7 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Lifezone Metals an outperform vote while only 87.50% of users gave NioCorp Developments an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Lifezone MetalsOutperform Votes
7
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes
NioCorp DevelopmentsOutperform Votes
7
87.50%
Underperform Votes
1
12.50%

Lifezone Metals currently has a consensus target price of $12.50, indicating a potential upside of 90.00%. NioCorp Developments has a consensus target price of $3.63, indicating a potential upside of 115.77%. Given NioCorp Developments' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe NioCorp Developments is more favorable than Lifezone Metals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lifezone Metals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
NioCorp Developments
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, NioCorp Developments had 5 more articles in the media than Lifezone Metals. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for NioCorp Developments and 1 mentions for Lifezone Metals. NioCorp Developments' average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Lifezone Metals' score of -0.45 indicating that NioCorp Developments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Lifezone Metals
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
NioCorp Developments
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

NioCorp Developments has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Lifezone Metals' net margin of -24,521.17%. Lifezone Metals' return on equity of -294.91% beat NioCorp Developments' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lifezone Metals-24,521.17% -294.91% -237.25%
NioCorp Developments N/A -8,973.12%-206.20%

Summary

NioCorp Developments beats Lifezone Metals on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NB vs. The Competition

MetricNioCorp DevelopmentsMetal mining IndustryMaterials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$71.42M$7.57B$3.08B$9.13B
Dividend YieldN/A4.05%5.06%4.00%
P/E Ratio-1.987.79109.7517.53
Price / SalesN/A57.07780,775.15137.24
Price / CashN/A9.8224.1732.90
Price / Book56.003.323.794.69
Net Income-$11.44M$562.10M$152.86M$224.57M
7 Day Performance3.07%2.13%1.25%1.69%
1 Month Performance20.00%7.53%4.76%5.34%
1 Year Performance-44.55%25.32%28.43%21.47%

NioCorp Developments Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NB
NioCorp Developments
3.0616 of 5 stars
$1.68
+3.7%
$3.63
+115.8%
-45.3%$71.42MN/A-1.988Gap Up
High Trading Volume
LZM
Lifezone Metals
1.2184 of 5 stars
$6.56
-0.3%
$12.50
+90.5%
+6.1%$235.11M$1.02M0.0084News Coverage
DC
Dakota Gold
1.7542 of 5 stars
$2.26
-0.4%
$6.00
+165.5%
+5.5%$213.41MN/A-5.5120
WRN
Western Copper & Gold
1.2539 of 5 stars
$1.08
-4.9%
$4.25
+295.3%
N/A$213.10MN/A-53.758News Coverage
Gap Up
NMG
Nouveau Monde Graphite
3.1125 of 5 stars
$1.89
-7.8%
$3.00
+58.7%
+0.0%$212.77MN/A-2.95122
ABAT
American Battery Technology
2.1164 of 5 stars
$1.84
-9.8%
$6.00
+226.1%
-25.5%$149.95M$545,460.00-1.8854Gap Down
ASM
Avino Silver & Gold Mines
3.5143 of 5 stars
$0.94
+1.7%
$1.93
+106.2%
+147.8%$131.70M$54.33M46.9034News Coverage
Gap Down
LGO
Largo
2.4986 of 5 stars
$1.67
-5.6%
$4.20
+151.5%
-16.5%$107.07M$144.82M-2.091,240
ATLX
Atlas Lithium
1.4855 of 5 stars
$6.48
-2.0%
$33.17
+411.8%
-72.7%$99.90M$543,657.00-1.5810News Coverage
SND
Smart Sand
2.3634 of 5 stars
$2.30
+3.1%
$2.63
+14.1%
+48.9%$98.71M$281.96M-16.43330News Coverage
Gap Up
AMLI
American Lithium
3.0638 of 5 stars
$0.42
+1.9%
$3.25
+672.3%
-61.9%$91.71MN/A-4.21N/ANews Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:NB) was last updated on 1/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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