Talon Metals (TLO) Competitors

Talon Metals (TSE:TLO) and Liquor Stores N.A. (TSE:LIQ) are both small-cap companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, TLO or LIQ?

Liquor Stores N.A. has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Talon Metals.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Talon Metals	C$491.00	161,815.07	-C$2.11M	N/A	N/A
Liquor Stores N.A.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is TLO or LIQ more profitable?

Liquor Stores N.A.'s return on equity of 0.00% beat Talon Metals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Talon Metals	N/A	-0.94%	-0.69%
Liquor Stores N.A.	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts prefer TLO or LIQ?

Talon Metals presently has a consensus target price of C$0.38, indicating a potential upside of 341.18%. Given Talon Metals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Talon Metals is more favorable than Liquor Stores N.A..

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Talon Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Liquor Stores N.A.	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TLO or LIQ?

Liquor Stores N.A. received 124 more outperform votes than Talon Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.55% of users gave Talon Metals an outperform vote while only 55.31% of users gave Liquor Stores N.A. an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Talon Metals	Outperform Votes 74 72.55%	Underperform Votes 28 27.45%
Liquor Stores N.A.	Outperform Votes 198 55.31%	Underperform Votes 160 44.69%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in TLO or LIQ?

16.1% of Talon Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.6% of Talon Metals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to TLO or LIQ?

In the previous week, Liquor Stores N.A.'s average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Talon Metals' score of -0.97 indicating that Liquor Stores N.A. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Talon Metals	Negative
Liquor Stores N.A.	Neutral

Is TLO or LIQ a better dividend stock?

Talon Metals pays an annual dividend of C$1.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 2,094.1%. Liquor Stores N.A. pays an annual dividend of C$0.36 per share.

Summary

Talon Metals beats Liquor Stores N.A. on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.