Mandalay Resources (MND) Competitors

Mandalay Resources (TSE:MND) and North American Palladium (TSE:PDL) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, risk and valuation.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of MND or PDL?

77.1% of Mandalay Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Mandalay Resources shares are held by company 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.

Does the media favor MND or PDL?

In the previous week, Mandalay Resources had 3 more articles in the media than North American Palladium. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Mandalay Resources and 0 mentions for North American Palladium. Mandalay Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat North American Palladium's score of 0.00 indicating that Mandalay Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Mandalay Resources	Neutral
North American Palladium	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, MND or PDL?

North American Palladium has higher revenue and earnings than Mandalay Resources. North American Palladium is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mandalay Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mandalay Resources	C$159.53M	2.23	C$21.19M	C$0.45	11.83
North American Palladium	C$536.30M	0.00	C$184.64M	C$3.14	N/A

Is MND or PDL a better dividend stock?

Mandalay Resources pays an annual dividend of C$0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. North American Palladium pays an annual dividend of C$0.23 per share. Mandalay Resources pays out 6.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. North American Palladium pays out 7.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Mandalay Resources is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MND or PDL?

Mandalay Resources received 136 more outperform votes than North American Palladium when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.59% of users gave Mandalay Resources an outperform vote while only 62.22% of users gave North American Palladium an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Mandalay Resources	Outperform Votes 276 74.59%	Underperform Votes 94 25.41%
North American Palladium	Outperform Votes 140 62.22%	Underperform Votes 85 37.78%

Is MND or PDL more profitable?

Mandalay Resources has a net margin of 13.28% compared to North American Palladium's net margin of 0.00%. Mandalay Resources' return on equity of 14.32% beat North American Palladium's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mandalay Resources	13.28%	14.32%	12.50%
North American Palladium	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Mandalay Resources beats North American Palladium on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.