GRA vs. MX, AYA, TGZ, AZ, NSU, CXB, OSK, LIF, SGD, and VZLA
Should you be buying NanoXplore stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NanoXplore include Methanex (MX), Aya Gold & Silver (AYA), Teranga Gold (TGZ), Arizona Mining (AZ), Nevsun Resources (NSU), Calibre Mining (CXB), Osisko Mining (OSK), Labrador Iron Ore Royalty (LIF), Snowline Gold (SGD), and Vizsla Silver (VZLA). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
NanoXplore vs. Its Competitors
NanoXplore (TSE:GRA) and Methanex (TSE:MX) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
5.7% of NanoXplore shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.4% of Methanex shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.8% of NanoXplore shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Methanex shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
NanoXplore currently has a consensus price target of C$2.77, suggesting a potential downside of 14.08%. Methanex has a consensus price target of C$46.50, suggesting a potential downside of 13.31%. Given Methanex's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Methanex is more favorable than NanoXplore.
Methanex has higher revenue and earnings than NanoXplore. NanoXplore is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Methanex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NanoXplore has a beta of 0.499546, meaning that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Methanex has a beta of 1.238797, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Methanex has a net margin of 4.13% compared to NanoXplore's net margin of -8.09%. Methanex's return on equity of 7.70% beat NanoXplore's return on equity.
In the previous week, Methanex had 1 more articles in the media than NanoXplore. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Methanex and 1 mentions for NanoXplore. NanoXplore's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Methanex's score of 0.35 indicating that NanoXplore is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Methanex beats NanoXplore on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:GRA) was last updated on 9/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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