FT vs. NIM, AVK, AEF, MCR, EVT, PML, HYI, MIN, EVM, and HPF
Should you be buying Fortune Minerals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fortune Minerals include Nicola Mining (NIM), Avnel Gold Mining (AVK), Acasta Enterprises (AEF), Macro Enterprises (MCR), Economic Investment Trust (EVT), Panoro Minerals (PML), Horizons Active High Yield Bond ETF Common (HYI), Excelsior Mining (MIN), Orogen Royalties Inc. (EVM.V) (EVM), and Harvest Energy Leaders Plus Income ETF (HPF). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
Fortune Minerals vs. Its Competitors
Nicola Mining (CVE:NIM) and Fortune Minerals (TSE:FT) 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 analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation and earnings.
Nicola Mining pays an annual dividend of C$0.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 39.2%. Fortune Minerals pays an annual dividend of C$0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 475.0%. Nicola Mining pays out -992.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fortune Minerals pays out -7,709.3% 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. Fortune Minerals is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Nicola Mining had 2 more articles in the media than Fortune Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Nicola Mining and 0 mentions for Fortune Minerals. Nicola Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.07 beat Fortune Minerals' score of 0.00 indicating that Nicola Mining is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Nicola Mining has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fortune Minerals has a beta of 0.01, suggesting that its share price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Fortune Minerals has higher revenue and earnings than Nicola Mining. Nicola Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fortune Minerals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
10.2% of Nicola Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.6% of Nicola Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Fortune Minerals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Nicola Mining has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Fortune Minerals' net margin of -13,690.93%. Fortune Minerals' return on equity of 30.09% beat Nicola Mining's return on equity.
Fortune Minerals has a consensus target price of C$0.42, suggesting a potential upside of 425.00%. Given Fortune Minerals' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Fortune Minerals is more favorable than Nicola Mining.
Summary
Fortune Minerals beats Nicola Mining on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (TSE:FT) was last updated on 8/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
