BKI vs. SMT, GLO, CNC, MNO, LGO, GEO, AOT, ETMC, RCK, and LI
Should you be buying Black Iron stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Black Iron include Sierra Metals (SMT), Global Atomic (GLO), Canada Nickel (CNC), Meridian Mining UK Societas (MNO), Largo (LGO), Geodrill (GEO), Ascot Resources (AOT), E3 Metals (ETMC), Rock Tech Lithium (RCK), and American Lithium (LI). These companies are all part of the "other industrial metals & mining" industry.
Black Iron vs.
Sierra Metals (TSE:SMT) and Black Iron (TSE:BKI) 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 community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and risk.
Sierra Metals received 66 more outperform votes than Black Iron when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.00% of users gave Black Iron an outperform vote while only 44.75% of users gave Sierra Metals an outperform vote.
22.4% of Sierra Metals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.9% of Black Iron shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Sierra Metals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Black Iron shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Sierra Metals has a beta of 2.12, meaning that its share price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Black Iron has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Black Iron has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Sierra Metals' net margin of -7.45%. Sierra Metals' return on equity of -6.45% beat Black Iron's return on equity.
Black Iron has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Sierra Metals. Black Iron is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sierra Metals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Black Iron had 3 more articles in the media than Sierra Metals. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Black Iron and 4 mentions for Sierra Metals. Black Iron's average media sentiment score of 0.13 beat Sierra Metals' score of 0.06 indicating that Black Iron is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Sierra Metals presently has a consensus price target of C$1.10, suggesting a potential upside of 25.00%. Given Sierra Metals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Sierra Metals is more favorable than Black Iron.
Summary
Sierra Metals beats Black Iron on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:BKI) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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