GRA vs. MX, NSU, CXB, OSK, LIF, NG, ORA, FOM, CFP, and KNT
Should you be buying NanoXplore stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NanoXplore include Methanex (MX), Nevsun Resources (NSU), Calibre Mining (CXB), Osisko Mining (OSK), Labrador Iron Ore Royalty (LIF), NovaGold Resources (NG), Aura Minerals (ORA), Foran Mining (FOM), Canfor (CFP), and K92 Mining Inc. (KNT.V) (KNT). 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 dividends, media sentiment, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.
12.0% of NanoXplore shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.9% of Methanex shares are held by institutional investors. 29.8% of NanoXplore shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Methanex shares are held by 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.
In the previous week, Methanex had 6 more articles in the media than NanoXplore. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Methanex and 2 mentions for NanoXplore. Methanex's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat NanoXplore's score of 0.10 indicating that Methanex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
NanoXplore presently has a consensus price target of C$2.77, suggesting a potential downside of 5.25%. Methanex has a consensus price target of C$46.50, suggesting a potential upside of 2.06%. Given Methanex's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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 1.26, suggesting that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Methanex has a beta of 1.79, suggesting that its share price is 79% 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.
Summary
Methanex beats NanoXplore on 15 of the 17 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:GRA) was last updated on 8/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
