Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM) Competitors

Northern Dynasty Minerals (TSE:NDM) and Silvercorp Metals (TSE:SVM) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of NDM or SVM?

13.7% of Northern Dynasty Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.9% of Silvercorp Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Northern Dynasty Minerals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Silvercorp Metals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate NDM or SVM?

Silvercorp Metals has a consensus price target of C$7.25, suggesting a potential upside of 32.78%. Given Silvercorp Metals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Silvercorp Metals is more favorable than Northern Dynasty Minerals.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Northern Dynasty Minerals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Silvercorp Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, NDM or SVM?

Silvercorp Metals has higher revenue and earnings than Northern Dynasty Minerals. Northern Dynasty Minerals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Silvercorp Metals, 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
Northern Dynasty Minerals	N/A	N/A	-C$16.71M	-C$0.03	-21.33
Silvercorp Metals	C$227.35M	5.21	C$49.03M	C$0.37	14.76

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NDM or SVM?

Northern Dynasty Minerals received 237 more outperform votes than Silvercorp Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.09% of users gave Northern Dynasty Minerals an outperform vote while only 52.68% of users gave Silvercorp Metals an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Northern Dynasty Minerals	Outperform Votes 345 65.09%	Underperform Votes 185 34.91%
Silvercorp Metals	Outperform Votes 108 52.68%	Underperform Votes 97 47.32%

Does the media prefer NDM or SVM?

In the previous week, Silvercorp Metals had 5 more articles in the media than Northern Dynasty Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Silvercorp Metals and 0 mentions for Northern Dynasty Minerals. Northern Dynasty Minerals' average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat Silvercorp Metals' score of 1.14 indicating that Northern Dynasty Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Northern Dynasty Minerals	Very Positive
Silvercorp Metals	Positive

Is NDM or SVM more profitable?

Silvercorp Metals has a net margin of 21.57% compared to Northern Dynasty Minerals' net margin of 0.00%. Silvercorp Metals' return on equity of 10.92% beat Northern Dynasty Minerals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Northern Dynasty Minerals	N/A	-13.61%	-8.16%
Silvercorp Metals	21.57%	10.92%	6.54%

Which has more volatility & risk, NDM or SVM?

Northern Dynasty Minerals has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Silvercorp Metals has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Silvercorp Metals beats Northern Dynasty Minerals on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.