GRA vs. MX, KNT, GBR, SMF, ORA, NG, AYA, EDR, NEXA, and ALS
Should you be buying NanoXplore stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NanoXplore include Methanex (MX), K92 Mining Inc. (KNT.V) (KNT), Great Bear Resources (GBR), Semafo (SMF), Aura Minerals (ORA), NovaGold Resources (NG), Aya Gold & Silver (AYA), Endeavour Silver (EDR), Nexa Resources (NEXA), and Altius Minerals (ALS). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
NanoXplore vs.
Methanex (TSE:MX) and NanoXplore (TSE:GRA) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Methanex has a beta of 1.79, meaning that its share price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NanoXplore has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Methanex received 425 more outperform votes than NanoXplore when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 86.67% of users gave NanoXplore an outperform vote while only 59.19% of users gave Methanex an outperform vote.
82.9% of Methanex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.0% of NanoXplore shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Methanex shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 29.8% of NanoXplore shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
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.
NanoXplore has a consensus target price of C$3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 28.76%. Given NanoXplore's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe NanoXplore is more favorable than Methanex.
In the previous week, NanoXplore had 17 more articles in the media than Methanex. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for NanoXplore and 10 mentions for Methanex. Methanex's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat NanoXplore's score of 0.20 indicating that Methanex is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Methanex beats NanoXplore on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:GRA) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
