ELR vs. DEF, CKG, VIPR, SSV, BBB, ARU, FURA, ORV, MMG, and MRZ
Should you be buying Eastern Platinum stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eastern Platinum include Defiance Silver (DEF), Chesapeake Gold (CKG), Silver Viper Minerals (VIPR), Southern Silver Exploration (SSV), Brixton Metals (BBB), Aurania Resources (ARU), Fura Gems (FURA), Orvana Minerals (ORV), Metallic Minerals (MMG), and Mirasol Resources (MRZ). These companies are all part of the "other precious metals & mining" industry.
Eastern Platinum vs.
Eastern Platinum (TSE:ELR) and Defiance Silver (CVE:DEF) 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 dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.
Eastern Platinum has a net margin of 1.09% compared to Defiance Silver's net margin of 0.00%. Eastern Platinum's return on equity of 0.88% beat Defiance Silver's return on equity.
16.0% of Defiance Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. 49.8% of Eastern Platinum shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Defiance Silver shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Defiance Silver had 1 more articles in the media than Eastern Platinum. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Defiance Silver and 0 mentions for Eastern Platinum. Defiance Silver's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Eastern Platinum's score of 0.00 indicating that Defiance Silver is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Eastern Platinum received 42 more outperform votes than Defiance Silver when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.77% of users gave Defiance Silver an outperform vote while only 60.21% of users gave Eastern Platinum an outperform vote.
Eastern Platinum has higher revenue and earnings than Defiance Silver. Defiance Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eastern Platinum, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Eastern Platinum has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Defiance Silver has a beta of 2.95, indicating that its share price is 195% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Eastern Platinum beats Defiance Silver on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:ELR) was last updated on 2/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
