ELR vs. BRC, ITR, CKG, VIPR, SSV, DEF, ORV, FURA, ARU, and MRZ
Should you be buying Eastern Platinum stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eastern Platinum include Blackrock Silver (BRC), Integra Resources (ITR), Chesapeake Gold (CKG), Silver Viper Minerals (VIPR), Southern Silver Exploration (SSV), Defiance Silver (DEF), Orvana Minerals (ORV), Fura Gems (FURA), Aurania Resources (ARU), and Mirasol Resources (MRZ). These companies are all part of the "other precious metals & mining" industry.
Eastern Platinum vs.
Blackrock Silver (CVE:BRC) and Eastern Platinum (TSE:ELR) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, dividends and institutional ownership.
3.1% of Blackrock Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.8% of Blackrock Silver shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 49.8% of Eastern Platinum shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Eastern Platinum has a net margin of 10.38% compared to Blackrock Silver's net margin of 0.00%. Eastern Platinum's return on equity of 10.68% beat Blackrock Silver's return on equity.
Eastern Platinum received 73 more outperform votes than Blackrock Silver when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.41% of users gave Blackrock Silver an outperform vote while only 60.21% of users gave Eastern Platinum an outperform vote.
Blackrock Silver presently has a consensus target price of C$1.00, indicating a potential upside of 143.90%. Given Blackrock Silver's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Blackrock Silver is more favorable than Eastern Platinum.
Eastern Platinum has higher revenue and earnings than Blackrock Silver. Blackrock 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.
Blackrock Silver has a beta of 3.19, suggesting that its stock price is 219% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eastern Platinum has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Blackrock Silver had 3 more articles in the media than Eastern Platinum. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Blackrock Silver and 0 mentions for Eastern Platinum. Blackrock Silver's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Eastern Platinum's score of 0.00 indicating that Blackrock Silver is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Eastern Platinum beats Blackrock Silver on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:ELR) was last updated on 1/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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