NEO vs. LIF, EFX, TIXT, CHR, FC, MAX, PMTS, TGL, BRAG, and NYX
Should you be buying Neo Performance Materials stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Neo Performance Materials include Labrador Iron Ore Royalty (LIF), Enerflex (EFX), TELUS International (Cda) (TIXT), Chorus Aviation (CHR), Firm Capital Mortgage Investment (FC), Midas Gold Corp. (MAX.TO) (MAX), CPI Card Group (PMTS), TransGlobe Energy (TGL), Bragg Gaming Group Inc. (BRAG.V) (BRAG), and NYX Gaming Group (NYX). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Neo Performance Materials vs. Its Competitors
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty (TSE:LIF) and Neo Performance Materials (TSE:NEO) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and valuation.
21.6% of Labrador Iron Ore Royalty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.5% of Neo Performance Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Labrador Iron Ore Royalty shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 22.4% of Neo Performance Materials shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty has a net margin of 94.67% compared to Neo Performance Materials' net margin of -0.48%. Labrador Iron Ore Royalty's return on equity of 29.05% beat Neo Performance Materials' return on equity.
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Neo Performance Materials has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Neo Performance Materials had 1 more articles in the media than Labrador Iron Ore Royalty. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Neo Performance Materials and 1 mentions for Labrador Iron Ore Royalty. Labrador Iron Ore Royalty's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Neo Performance Materials' score of 0.56 indicating that Labrador Iron Ore Royalty is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty pays an annual dividend of C$2.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. Neo Performance Materials pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Labrador Iron Ore Royalty pays out 88.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Neo Performance Materials pays out -525.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty presently has a consensus target price of C$33.50, indicating a potential upside of 21.46%. Neo Performance Materials has a consensus target price of C$14.00, indicating a potential downside of 15.15%. Given Labrador Iron Ore Royalty's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Labrador Iron Ore Royalty is more favorable than Neo Performance Materials.
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Neo Performance Materials. Neo Performance Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Labrador Iron Ore Royalty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty beats Neo Performance Materials on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:NEO) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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