Dundee Precious Metals (DPM) Competitors

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

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 1.0%. Empire pays an annual dividend of C$0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Dundee Precious Metals pays out 13.9% 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.

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

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

Is DPM or EMP.A more profitable?

Dundee Precious Metals has a net margin of 41.23% compared to Empire's net margin of 2.18%. Dundee Precious Metals' return on equity of 17.15% beat Empire's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dundee Precious Metals	41.23%	17.15%	9.22%
Empire	2.18%	12.94%	4.60%

Do analysts prefer DPM or EMP.A?

Dundee Precious Metals presently has a consensus price target of C$22.47, indicating a potential upside of 0.91%. Empire has a consensus price target of C$57.43, indicating a potential upside of 2.55%. Given Empire's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Empire is more favorable than Dundee Precious Metals.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dundee Precious Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 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 media favor DPM or EMP.A?

In the previous week, Empire had 2 more articles in the media than Dundee Precious Metals. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Empire and 1 mentions for Dundee Precious Metals. Empire's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Dundee Precious Metals' score of 0.00 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	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Empire	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

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

Which has higher earnings & 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$337.68M	8.14	C$139.24M	C$1.59	14.03
Empire	C$30.87B	0.25	C$672M	C$2.74	20.44

Summary

Empire beats Dundee Precious Metals on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.