MDI vs. SKE, AII, ALS, AFM, SLI, NDM, LAC, POM, NOU, and FWZ
Should you be buying Major Drilling Group International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Major Drilling Group International include Skeena Resources (SKE), Almonty Industries (AII), Altius Minerals (ALS), Alphamin Resources (AFM), Standard Lithium (SLI), Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM), Lithium Americas (LAC), PolyMet Mining (POM), Nouveau Monde Graphite (NOU), and Fireweed Metals (FWZ). These companies are all part of the "other industrial metals & mining" industry.
Major Drilling Group International vs. Its Competitors
Major Drilling Group International (TSE:MDI) and Skeena Resources (TSE:SKE) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
Major Drilling Group International currently has a consensus target price of C$13.50, indicating a potential upside of 48.84%. Skeena Resources has a consensus target price of C$21.75, indicating a potential upside of 3.87%. Given Major Drilling Group International's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Major Drilling Group International is more favorable than Skeena Resources.
52.2% of Major Drilling Group International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.4% of Skeena Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Major Drilling Group International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Skeena Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Skeena Resources had 2 more articles in the media than Major Drilling Group International. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Skeena Resources and 1 mentions for Major Drilling Group International. Skeena Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Major Drilling Group International's score of 0.59 indicating that Skeena Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Major Drilling Group International has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Skeena Resources has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Major Drilling Group International has higher revenue and earnings than Skeena Resources. Skeena Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Major Drilling Group International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Major Drilling Group International has a net margin of 6.12% compared to Skeena Resources' net margin of 0.00%. Major Drilling Group International's return on equity of 8.26% beat Skeena Resources' return on equity.
Summary
Major Drilling Group International beats Skeena Resources on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:MDI) was last updated on 8/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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