Platinum Group Metals (PTM) Competitors

Northern Dynasty Minerals (TSE:NDM) and Platinum Group Metals (TSE:PTM) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Which has more risk and volatility, NDM or PTM?

Northern Dynasty Minerals has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Platinum Group Metals has a beta of 1.87, suggesting that its stock price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is NDM or PTM more profitable?

Northern Dynasty Minerals' return on equity of -14.44% beat Platinum Group Metals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Northern Dynasty Minerals	N/A	-14.44%	-8.16%
Platinum Group Metals	N/A	-19.30%	-10.89%

Do analysts prefer NDM or PTM?

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)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00
Platinum Group Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, NDM or PTM?

Northern Dynasty Minerals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Platinum Group 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$17.31M	-C$0.03	-27.26
Platinum Group Metals	N/A	N/A	-C$3.42M	-C$0.07	-24.51

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NDM or PTM?

Northern Dynasty Minerals received 169 more outperform votes than Platinum Group Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.41% of users gave Platinum Group Metals an outperform vote while only 65.16% of users gave Northern Dynasty Minerals an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Northern Dynasty Minerals	Outperform Votes 346 65.16%	Underperform Votes 185 34.84%
Platinum Group Metals	Outperform Votes 177 69.41%	Underperform Votes 78 30.59%

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

13.7% of Northern Dynasty Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.0% of Platinum Group Metals shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Northern Dynasty Minerals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.5% of Platinum Group Metals shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor NDM or PTM?

In the previous week, Northern Dynasty Minerals had 1 more articles in the media than Platinum Group Metals. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Northern Dynasty Minerals and 0 mentions for Platinum Group Metals. Northern Dynasty Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Platinum Group Metals'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Northern Dynasty Minerals	Neutral
Platinum Group Metals	Neutral

Summary

Northern Dynasty Minerals beats Platinum Group Metals on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.