Imperial Metals (III) Competitors C$3.42 -0.08 (-2.29%) As of 04/25/2025 04:00 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesBuy This Stock III vs. NSU, ERO, TKO, AYM, IE, CMMC, ARG, FDY, LA, and CUUShould you be buying Imperial Metals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Imperial Metals include Nevsun Resources (NSU), Ero Copper (ERO), Taseko Mines (TKO), Atalaya Mining (AYM), Ivanhoe Electric (IE), Copper Mountain Mining (CMMC), Amerigo Resources (ARG), Faraday Copper (FDY), Los Andes Copper (LA), and Copper Fox Metals (CUU). These companies are all part of the "copper" industry. Imperial Metals vs. Nevsun Resources Ero Copper Taseko Mines Atalaya Mining Ivanhoe Electric Copper Mountain Mining Amerigo Resources Faraday Copper Los Andes Copper Copper Fox Metals Imperial Metals (TSE:III) and Nevsun Resources (TSE:NSU) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation and risk. Does the media favor III or NSU? In the previous week, Imperial Metals had 4 more articles in the media than Nevsun Resources. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Imperial Metals and 0 mentions for Nevsun Resources. Imperial Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat Nevsun Resources' score of 0.00 indicating that Imperial Metals is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Overall Sentiment Imperial Metals Neutral Nevsun Resources Neutral Which has stronger earnings and valuation, III or NSU? Imperial Metals has higher revenue and earnings than Nevsun Resources. Nevsun Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Imperial Metals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioImperial MetalsC$456.16M1.23C$33.43MC$0.2017.02Nevsun ResourcesC$335.39M0.00-C$36.31M-C$0.12N/A Is III or NSU more profitable? Imperial Metals has a net margin of 7.33% compared to Nevsun Resources' net margin of 0.00%. Imperial Metals' return on equity of 4.53% beat Nevsun Resources' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Imperial Metals7.33% 4.53% 0.74% Nevsun Resources N/A N/A N/A Does the MarketBeat Community prefer III or NSU? Nevsun Resources received 97 more outperform votes than Imperial Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.14% of users gave Nevsun Resources an outperform vote while only 53.13% of users gave Imperial Metals an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformImperial MetalsOutperform Votes23853.13% Underperform Votes21046.88% Nevsun ResourcesOutperform Votes33560.14% Underperform Votes22239.86% Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of III or NSU? 16.7% of Imperial Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. 49.3% of Imperial Metals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. SummaryImperial Metals beats Nevsun Resources on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Imperial Metals News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for III and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart III vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricImperial MetalsCopper IndustryMaterials SectorTSE ExchangeMarket CapC$561.25MC$1.98BC$3.00BC$5.66BDividend Yield7.26%4.52%5.19%6.45%P/E Ratio17.0212.2274.8529.08Price / Sales1.231,615.8624,311,652,136,567,200.00569.46Price / Cash7.1731.3624.3583.35Price / Book0.731.935.243.75Net IncomeC$33.43M-C$78.74MC$155.25MC$301.40M7 Day Performance12.50%5.63%1.41%2.44%1 Month Performance23.02%-4.22%1.97%-1.53%1 Year Performance29.55%-3.19%15.84%12.48% Imperial Metals Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)IIIImperial MetalsN/AC$3.42-2.3%N/A+29.5%C$561.25MC$456.16M17.021,258High Trading VolumeNSUNevsun ResourcesN/AN/AN/AN/AC$1.82BC$335.39M-50.00N/AEROEro Copper3.0585 of 5 starsC$15.51+2.9%C$29.83+92.3%-37.9%C$1.09BC$315.28M67.852,460Analyst RevisionGap DownTKOTaseko Mines2.4929 of 5 starsC$2.94+3.5%C$4.50+53.1%N/AC$892.18MC$609.59M11.50N/AGap UpAYMAtalaya MiningN/AN/AN/AN/AC$808.51MC$363.40M10.70423Gap UpIEIvanhoe ElectricN/AC$8.47+1.2%N/A-37.0%C$726.66MC$2.31M-3.77244Gap DownCMMCCopper Mountain MiningN/AN/AN/AN/AC$533.81MC$308.11M-9.58N/ANews CoverageARGAmerigo ResourcesN/AC$1.70+1.8%N/A-2.2%C$195.78MC$176.93M9.53299Gap UpFDYFaraday Copper1.4263 of 5 starsC$0.82+3.8%C$1.13+37.2%+7.5%C$166.18MC$50,668.03-8.0814News CoverageGap UpLALos Andes CopperN/AC$5.58+6.3%N/A-45.0%C$164.57MN/A30.60N/ANegative NewsHigh Trading VolumeCUUCopper Fox MetalsN/AC$0.24-4.1%N/A+11.4%C$133.44MN/A-216.33N/AGap Down Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Nevsun Resources Competitors Ero Copper Competitors Taseko Mines Competitors Atalaya Mining Competitors Ivanhoe Electric Competitors Copper Mountain Mining Competitors Amerigo Resources Competitors Faraday Copper Competitors Los Andes Copper Competitors Copper Fox Metals Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (TSE:III) was last updated on 4/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersElon Set to Shock the World by May 1st ?Tech legend Jeff Brown recently traveled to the industrial zone of South Memphis to investigate what he believ...Brownstone Research | Sponsored$2 Trillion Disappears Because of Fed's Secretive New Move$2 trillion has disappeared from the US government's books. 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