BKI vs. SMT, HAN, GQC, AHR, CRE, MMA, LI, NKG, PML, and RCK
Should you be buying Black Iron stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Black Iron include Sierra Metals (SMT), Hannan Metals (HAN), Goldquest Mining (GQC), Amarc Resources (AHR), Critical Elements Lithium (CRE), Midnight Sun Mining (MMA), American Lithium (LI), Nevada King Gold (NKG), Panoro Minerals (PML), and Rock Tech Lithium (RCK). 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 investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.
Black Iron has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Sierra Metals' net margin of -1.86%. Black Iron's return on equity of 245.64% beat Sierra Metals' return on equity.
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.
Sierra Metals has a beta of 2.12, suggesting that its stock price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Black Iron has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Black Iron shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Sierra Metals presently has a consensus target price of C$1.10, indicating a potential upside of 30.95%. Given Sierra Metals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Sierra Metals is more favorable than Black Iron.
Black Iron has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Sierra Metals. Sierra Metals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Black Iron, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Black Iron had 2 more articles in the media than Sierra Metals. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Black Iron and 0 mentions for Sierra Metals. Black Iron's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Sierra Metals' score of 0.00 indicating that Black Iron is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Sierra Metals and Black Iron tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:BKI) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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