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 business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, risk and dividends.

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 1,977.8%. Liquor Stores N.A. pays an annual dividend of C$0.36 per share.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, 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	171,333.60	-C$2.11M	N/A	N/A
Liquor Stores N.A.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to TLO or LIQ?

In the previous week, Liquor Stores N.A. had 1 more articles in the media than Talon Metals. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Liquor Stores N.A. and 2 mentions for Talon Metals. Liquor Stores N.A.'s average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat Talon Metals' score of -0.67 indicating that Liquor Stores N.A. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Talon Metals	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative
Liquor Stores N.A.	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer TLO or LIQ?

Talon Metals currently has a consensus price target of C$0.40, indicating a potential upside of 344.44%. Given Talon Metals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, 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)	3 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

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

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TLO or LIQ?

Liquor Stores N.A. received 125 more outperform votes than Talon Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.28% 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 73 72.28%	Underperform Votes 28 27.72%
Liquor Stores N.A.	Outperform Votes 198 55.31%	Underperform Votes 160 44.69%

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

Summary

Talon Metals beats Liquor Stores N.A. on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.