Dundee Precious Metals (DPM) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate DPM or EMP.A?

Dundee Precious Metals currently has a consensus target price of C$16.81, suggesting a potential upside of 21.04%. Empire has a consensus target price of C$48.57, suggesting a potential upside of 14.56%. 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
Dundee Precious Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Empire	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DPM or EMP.A?

Dundee Precious Metals received 41 more outperform votes than Empire when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.91% of users gave Dundee Precious Metals an outperform vote while only 45.14% of users gave Empire an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Dundee Precious Metals	Outperform Votes 329 62.91%	Underperform Votes 194 37.09%
Empire	Outperform Votes 288 45.14%	Underperform Votes 350 54.86%

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

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

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

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
Dundee Precious Metals	C$541.83M	4.61	C$199.01M	C$1.52	9.14
Empire	C$30.87B	0.19	C$672M	C$2.74	15.47

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of DPM or EMP.A?

67.4% of Dundee Precious Metals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.9% of Empire shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Dundee Precious Metals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Empire shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer DPM or EMP.A?

In the previous week, Dundee Precious Metals had 10 more articles in the media than Empire. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Dundee Precious Metals and 3 mentions for Empire. Empire's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat Dundee Precious Metals' score of 0.20 indicating that Empire is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Dundee Precious Metals	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Empire	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is DPM or EMP.A 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
Dundee Precious Metals	35.57%	17.52%	9.22%
Empire	2.18%	12.94%	4.60%

Is DPM or EMP.A a better dividend stock?

Dundee Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of C$0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Empire pays an annual dividend of C$0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Dundee Precious Metals pays out 14.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Empire pays out 29.2% 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.

Summary

Dundee Precious Metals beats Empire on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.