New Pacific Metals (NEWP) Competitors

New Pacific Metals (NASDAQ:NEWP) and Daktronics (NASDAQ:DAKT) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, NEWP or DAKT?

Daktronics has higher revenue and earnings than New Pacific Metals. Daktronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than New Pacific Metals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
New Pacific Metals	N/A	N/A	-$6.02M	-$0.03	-39.00
Daktronics	$799.81M	0.81	$34.62M	-$0.20	-62.05

Is NEWP or DAKT more profitable?

Daktronics has a net margin of 3.62% compared to New Pacific Metals' net margin of 0.00%. Daktronics' return on equity of 19.61% beat New Pacific Metals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
New Pacific Metals	N/A	-3.49%	-3.46%
Daktronics	3.62%	19.61%	8.96%

Does the media refer more to NEWP or DAKT?

In the previous week, Daktronics had 1 more articles in the media than New Pacific Metals. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Daktronics and 3 mentions for New Pacific Metals. Daktronics' average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat New Pacific Metals' score of 0.00 indicating that Daktronics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
New Pacific Metals	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Daktronics	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NEWP or DAKT?

New Pacific Metals received 11 more outperform votes than Daktronics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.73% of users gave New Pacific Metals an outperform vote while only 64.13% of users gave Daktronics an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
New Pacific Metals	Outperform Votes 247 73.73%	Underperform Votes 88 26.27%
Daktronics	Outperform Votes 236 64.13%	Underperform Votes 132 35.87%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of NEWP or DAKT?

23.0% of New Pacific Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.7% of Daktronics shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.9% of New Pacific Metals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Daktronics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, NEWP or DAKT?

New Pacific Metals has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Daktronics has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer NEWP or DAKT?

New Pacific Metals currently has a consensus target price of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 327.35%. Daktronics has a consensus target price of $26.00, indicating a potential upside of 109.51%. Given New Pacific Metals' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe New Pacific Metals is more favorable than Daktronics.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
New Pacific Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Daktronics	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50

Summary

Daktronics beats New Pacific Metals on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.