S vs. AOT, AMC, SLI, WRN, NOU, EMX, ETG, FAR, CNC, and REG
Should you be buying Sherritt International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sherritt International include Ascot Resources (AOT), Arizona Metals (AMC), Standard Lithium (SLI), Western Copper and Gold (WRN), Nouveau Monde Graphite (NOU), EMX Royalty (EMX), Entrée Resources (ETG), Foraco International (FAR), Canada Nickel (CNC), and Regulus Resources (REG). These companies are all part of the "other industrial metals & mining" industry.
Ascot Resources (TSE:AOT) and Sherritt International (TSE:S) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, risk and institutional ownership.
Sherritt International received 368 more outperform votes than Ascot Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.54% of users gave Sherritt International an outperform vote while only 59.62% of users gave Ascot Resources an outperform vote.
Ascot Resources has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Sherritt International. Ascot Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sherritt International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ascot Resources has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sherritt International has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Sherritt International had 2 more articles in the media than Ascot Resources. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Sherritt International and 0 mentions for Ascot Resources. Ascot Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Sherritt International's score of 0.00 indicating that Sherritt International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ascot Resources currently has a consensus target price of C$0.95, suggesting a potential upside of 21.79%. Sherritt International has a consensus target price of C$0.53, suggesting a potential upside of 72.13%. Given Ascot Resources' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sherritt International is more favorable than Ascot Resources.
18.3% of Ascot Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.5% of Sherritt International shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.5% of Ascot Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Sherritt International shares are owned by company 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.
Ascot Resources has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Ascot Resources' net margin of -61.19%. Sherritt International's return on equity of -3.16% beat Ascot Resources' return on equity.
Summary
Ascot Resources beats Sherritt International on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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