Titan Mining (TI) Competitors

Sierra Metals (TSE:SMT) and Titan Mining (TSE:TI) 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 community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability and media sentiment.

Do analysts rate SMT or TI?

Sierra Metals presently has a consensus target price of C$1.10, indicating a potential upside of 34.15%. Titan Mining has a consensus target price of C$0.25, indicating a potential downside of 19.35%. Given Sierra Metals' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Sierra Metals is more favorable than Titan Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sierra Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Titan Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, SMT or TI?

Titan Mining has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Sierra Metals. Sierra Metals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Titan Mining, 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
Sierra Metals	C$238.26M	0.73	-C$7.71M	-C$0.08	-10.25
Titan Mining	C$56.09M	0.75	-C$6.49M	-C$0.07	-4.43

Which has more risk & volatility, SMT or TI?

Sierra Metals has a beta of 2.12, indicating that its share price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Titan Mining has a beta of 0.05, indicating that its share price is 95% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to SMT or TI?

In the previous week, Sierra Metals had 4 more articles in the media than Titan Mining. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Sierra Metals and 1 mentions for Titan Mining. Sierra Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Titan Mining's score of 0.00 indicating that Sierra Metals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sierra Metals	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Titan Mining	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is SMT or TI a better dividend stock?

Sierra Metals pays an annual dividend of C$0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Titan Mining pays an annual dividend of C$0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.9%. Sierra Metals pays out -50.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Titan Mining pays out -57.1% 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. Titan Mining is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of SMT or TI?

22.4% of Sierra Metals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.2% of Titan Mining shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Sierra Metals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 57.3% of Titan Mining shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is SMT or TI more profitable?

Sierra Metals has a net margin of -7.45% compared to Titan Mining's net margin of -11.56%. Sierra Metals' return on equity of -6.45% beat Titan Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sierra Metals	-7.45%	-6.45%	1.38%
Titan Mining	-11.56%	-2,059.37%	-3.50%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SMT or TI?

Sierra Metals received 58 more outperform votes than Titan Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.18% of users gave Titan Mining an outperform vote while only 44.75% of users gave Sierra Metals an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sierra Metals	Outperform Votes 132 44.75%	Underperform Votes 163 55.25%
Titan Mining	Outperform Votes 74 62.18%	Underperform Votes 45 37.82%

Summary

Sierra Metals beats Titan Mining on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.