Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM) Competitors

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

Does the media refer more to SKE or NDM?

In the previous week, Northern Dynasty Minerals had 1 more articles in the media than Skeena Resources. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Northern Dynasty Minerals and 0 mentions for Skeena Resources. Northern Dynasty Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat Skeena Resources' score of 0.00 indicating that Northern Dynasty Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Skeena Resources	Neutral
Northern Dynasty Minerals	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SKE or NDM?

71.4% of Skeena Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.7% of Northern Dynasty Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Skeena Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Northern Dynasty Minerals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SKE or NDM more profitable?

Northern Dynasty Minerals' return on equity of -13.61% beat Skeena Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Skeena Resources	N/A	-77.80%	-38.21%
Northern Dynasty Minerals	N/A	-13.61%	-8.16%

Which has more risk and volatility, SKE or NDM?

Skeena Resources has a beta of 1.65, suggesting that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northern Dynasty Minerals has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, SKE or NDM?

Northern Dynasty Minerals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Skeena 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
Skeena Resources	N/A	N/A	-C$135.15M	-C$1.53	-8.78
Northern Dynasty Minerals	N/A	N/A	-C$16.71M	-C$0.03	-24.33

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SKE or NDM?

Northern Dynasty Minerals received 309 more outperform votes than Skeena Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 81.82% of users gave Skeena Resources an outperform vote while only 65.09% of users gave Northern Dynasty Minerals an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Skeena Resources	Outperform Votes 36 81.82%	Underperform Votes 8 18.18%
Northern Dynasty Minerals	Outperform Votes 345 65.09%	Underperform Votes 185 34.91%

Do analysts rate SKE or NDM?

Skeena Resources currently has a consensus target price of C$16.96, indicating a potential upside of 26.32%. Given Skeena Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Skeena Resources is more favorable than Northern Dynasty Minerals.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Skeena Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.25
Northern Dynasty Minerals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Skeena Resources and Northern Dynasty Minerals tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.