North American Construction Group (NOA) Competitors

Coro Mining (TSE:COP) and North American Construction Group (TSE:NOA) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, valuation, risk and analyst recommendations.

Does the media prefer COP or NOA?

In the previous week, North American Construction Group had 1 more articles in the media than Coro Mining. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for North American Construction Group and 0 mentions for Coro Mining. Coro Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled North American Construction Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Coro Mining	Neutral
North American Construction Group	Neutral

Is COP or NOA a better dividend stock?

Coro Mining pays an annual dividend of C$1.14 per share. North American Construction Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Coro Mining pays out -11,400.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. North American Construction Group pays out 21.9% 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.

Is COP or NOA more profitable?

North American Construction Group has a net margin of 4.99% compared to Coro Mining's net margin of 0.00%. North American Construction Group's return on equity of 15.19% beat Coro Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Coro Mining	N/A	N/A	N/A
North American Construction Group	4.99%	15.19%	6.65%

Do analysts recommend COP or NOA?

North American Construction Group has a consensus price target of C$37.63, suggesting a potential upside of 27.20%. Given North American Construction Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe North American Construction Group is more favorable than Coro Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Coro Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
North American Construction Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.11

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in COP or NOA?

79.1% of North American Construction Group shares are held by institutional investors. 8.9% of North American Construction Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor COP or NOA?

North American Construction Group received 201 more outperform votes than Coro Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.63% of users gave Coro Mining an outperform vote while only 63.33% of users gave North American Construction Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Coro Mining	Outperform Votes 84 65.63%	Underperform Votes 44 34.38%
North American Construction Group	Outperform Votes 285 63.33%	Underperform Votes 165 36.67%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, COP or NOA?

North American Construction Group has higher revenue and earnings than Coro Mining. Coro Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than North American Construction Group, 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
Coro Mining	N/A	N/A	N/A	-C$0.01	N/A
North American Construction Group	C$1.09B	0.73	C$54.41M	C$1.83	16.16

Summary

North American Construction Group beats Coro Mining on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.