Dundee Precious Metals (DPM) Competitors

Empire (TSE:EMP.A) and Dundee Precious Metals (TSE:DPM) are both mid-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor EMP.A or DPM?

Dundee Precious Metals received 42 more outperform votes than Empire when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.39% of users gave Dundee Precious Metals an outperform vote while only 45.48% of users gave Empire an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Empire	Outperform Votes 287 45.48%	Underperform Votes 344 54.52%
Dundee Precious Metals	Outperform Votes 329 63.39%	Underperform Votes 190 36.61%

Is EMP.A or DPM a better dividend stock?

Empire pays an annual dividend of C$0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Dundee Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of C$0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Empire pays out 29.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dundee Precious Metals pays out 14.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Do analysts rate EMP.A or DPM?

Empire currently has a consensus target price of C$43.71, suggesting a potential upside of 5.41%. Dundee Precious Metals has a consensus target price of C$16.13, suggesting a potential upside of 29.41%. Given Dundee Precious Metals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Dundee Precious Metals is more favorable than Empire.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Empire	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
Dundee Precious Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is EMP.A or DPM more profitable?

Dundee Precious Metals has a net margin of 35.57% compared to Empire's net margin of 2.18%. Dundee Precious Metals' return on equity of 17.52% beat Empire's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Empire	2.18%	12.94%	4.60%
Dundee Precious Metals	35.57%	17.52%	9.22%

Does the media prefer EMP.A or DPM?

In the previous week, Dundee Precious Metals had 9 more articles in the media than Empire. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Dundee Precious Metals and 3 mentions for Empire. Dundee Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Empire's score of 0.47 indicating that Dundee Precious Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Empire	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Dundee Precious Metals	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, EMP.A or DPM?

Empire has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dundee Precious Metals has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, EMP.A or DPM?

Empire has higher revenue and earnings than Dundee Precious Metals. Dundee Precious Metals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Empire, 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
Empire	C$30.87B	0.19	C$672M	C$2.74	15.14
Dundee Precious Metals	C$541.83M	4.13	C$199.01M	C$1.52	8.20

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in EMP.A or DPM?

40.9% of Empire shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.4% of Dundee Precious Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Empire shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Dundee Precious Metals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Dundee Precious Metals beats Empire on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.