ERD vs. ALS, AFM, MDI, SLI, NDM, LAC, POM, NOU, AMC, and FWZ
Should you be buying Erdene Resource Development stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Erdene Resource Development include Altius Minerals (ALS), Alphamin Resources (AFM), Major Drilling Group International (MDI), Standard Lithium (SLI), Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM), Lithium Americas (LAC), PolyMet Mining (POM), Nouveau Monde Graphite (NOU), Arizona Metals (AMC), and Fireweed Metals (FWZ). These companies are all part of the "other industrial metals & mining" industry.
Erdene Resource Development vs. Its Competitors
Altius Minerals (TSE:ALS) and Erdene Resource Development (TSE:ERD) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and media sentiment.
Altius Minerals currently has a consensus price target of C$31.83, suggesting a potential upside of 9.66%. Given Altius Minerals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Altius Minerals is more favorable than Erdene Resource Development.
24.5% of Altius Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.4% of Erdene Resource Development shares are held by institutional investors. 19.0% of Altius Minerals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.5% of Erdene Resource Development shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Altius Minerals has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Erdene Resource Development has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Altius Minerals had 1 more articles in the media than Erdene Resource Development. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Altius Minerals and 2 mentions for Erdene Resource Development. Altius Minerals' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Erdene Resource Development's score of 0.30 indicating that Altius Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Altius Minerals has a net margin of 31.13% compared to Erdene Resource Development's net margin of 0.00%. Altius Minerals' return on equity of 2.80% beat Erdene Resource Development's return on equity.
Altius Minerals has higher revenue and earnings than Erdene Resource Development. Erdene Resource Development is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Altius Minerals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Altius Minerals beats Erdene Resource Development on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:ERD) was last updated on 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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