First Mining Gold (FF) Competitors

First Mining Gold (TSE:FF) and Vitalhub (TSE:VHI) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation and earnings.

Do analysts recommend FF or VHI?

First Mining Gold currently has a consensus price target of C$0.35, indicating a potential upside of 159.26%. Vitalhub has a consensus price target of C$8.25, indicating a potential downside of 20.14%. Given First Mining Gold's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe First Mining Gold is more favorable than Vitalhub.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Mining Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Vitalhub	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of FF or VHI?

6.6% of First Mining Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.4% of Vitalhub shares are held by institutional investors. 4.2% of First Mining Gold shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.6% of Vitalhub shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is FF or VHI more profitable?

Vitalhub has a net margin of 8.14% compared to First Mining Gold's net margin of 0.00%. Vitalhub's return on equity of 4.73% beat First Mining Gold's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Mining Gold	N/A	-16.12%	-5.67%
Vitalhub	8.14%	4.73%	3.81%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FF or VHI?

First Mining Gold received 44 more outperform votes than Vitalhub when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.92% of users gave First Mining Gold an outperform vote while only 63.64% of users gave Vitalhub an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Mining Gold	Outperform Votes 51 68.92%	Underperform Votes 23 31.08%
Vitalhub	Outperform Votes 7 63.64%	Underperform Votes 4 36.36%

Which has more risk & volatility, FF or VHI?

First Mining Gold has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vitalhub has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, FF or VHI?

Vitalhub has higher revenue and earnings than First Mining Gold. First Mining Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vitalhub, 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
First Mining Gold	N/A	N/A	-C$36.28M	-C$0.04	-3.38
Vitalhub	C$58.32M	9.01	C$4.75M	C$0.11	93.91

Does the media prefer FF or VHI?

In the previous week, Vitalhub had 4 more articles in the media than First Mining Gold. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Vitalhub and 1 mentions for First Mining Gold. First Mining Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Vitalhub's score of -0.20 indicating that First Mining Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
First Mining Gold	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Vitalhub	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Vitalhub beats First Mining Gold on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.