NB vs. ASM, USAU, AMLI, WWR, DC, GAMC, HYMC, FEAM, VOXR, and AREC
Should you be buying NioCorp Developments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NioCorp Developments include Avino Silver & Gold Mines (ASM), U.S. Gold (USAU), American Lithium (AMLI), Westwater Resources (WWR), Dakota Gold (DC), Golden Arrow Merger (GAMC), Hycroft Mining (HYMC), 5E Advanced Materials (FEAM), Vox Royalty (VOXR), and American Resources (AREC). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Avino Silver & Gold Mines (NYSE:ASM) and NioCorp Developments (NASDAQ:NB) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
Avino Silver & Gold Mines has higher revenue and earnings than NioCorp Developments.
Avino Silver & Gold Mines has a beta of 2.02, suggesting that its stock price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NioCorp Developments has a beta of -0.39, suggesting that its stock price is 139% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Avino Silver & Gold Mines presently has a consensus price target of $1.30, suggesting a potential upside of 27.45%. NioCorp Developments has a consensus price target of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 440.54%. Given Avino Silver & Gold Mines' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe NioCorp Developments is more favorable than Avino Silver & Gold Mines.
In the previous week, Avino Silver & Gold Mines had 11 more articles in the media than NioCorp Developments. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Avino Silver & Gold Mines and 1 mentions for NioCorp Developments. NioCorp Developments' average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Avino Silver & Gold Mines' score of 0.00 indicating that Avino Silver & Gold Mines is being referred to more favorably in the media.
3.1% of Avino Silver & Gold Mines shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.0% of NioCorp Developments shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of Avino Silver & Gold Mines shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 18.7% of NioCorp Developments shares are held by 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.
Avino Silver & Gold Mines has a net margin of 3.21% compared to Avino Silver & Gold Mines' net margin of 0.00%. NioCorp Developments' return on equity of 5.39% beat Avino Silver & Gold Mines' return on equity.
NioCorp Developments received 3 more outperform votes than Avino Silver & Gold Mines when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
Avino Silver & Gold Mines beats NioCorp Developments on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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