Reviewing Nouveau Monde Graphite (NMG) and Its Rivals

Nouveau Monde Graphite (NYSE:NMG) is one of 103 public companies in the “MINING – MISC” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare Nouveau Monde Graphite to related businesses based on the strength of its earnings, valuation, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Nouveau Monde Graphite and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nouveau Monde Graphite	0	0	2	0	3.00
Nouveau Monde Graphite Competitors	613	1678	3302	139	2.52

Nouveau Monde Graphite presently has a consensus price target of $2.58, indicating a potential upside of 57.98%. As a group, “MINING – MISC” companies have a potential upside of 23.37%. Given Nouveau Monde Graphite’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Nouveau Monde Graphite is more favorable than its rivals.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Nouveau Monde Graphite and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nouveau Monde Graphite	N/A	-$53.48 million	-5.09
Nouveau Monde Graphite Competitors	$8.27 billion	$447.87 million	-0.58

Nouveau Monde Graphite’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Nouveau Monde Graphite. Nouveau Monde Graphite is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Risk and Volatility

Nouveau Monde Graphite has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nouveau Monde Graphite’s rivals have a beta of 0.77, indicating that their average stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Nouveau Monde Graphite and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nouveau Monde Graphite	N/A	-40.65%	-30.19%
Nouveau Monde Graphite Competitors	-938.79%	-12.66%	-5.27%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

41.1% of Nouveau Monde Graphite shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.1% of shares of all “MINING – MISC” companies are owned by institutional investors. 22.7% of Nouveau Monde Graphite shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.0% of shares of all “MINING – MISC” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Nouveau Monde Graphite rivals beat Nouveau Monde Graphite on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

Nouveau Monde Graphite Company Profile

Nouveau Monde Graphite Inc. engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and evaluation of mineral properties in Quebec, Canada. It primarily explores for graphite. The company’s flagship property is the 100% owned Matawinie graphite property including 176 mining claims covering an area of 9,264 hectares located in Quebec. It also involved in the real estate and trading activities. The company was formerly known as Nouveau Monde Mining Enterprises Inc. and changed its name to Nouveau Monde Graphite Inc. in February 2017. Nouveau Monde Graphite Inc. was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Saint-Michel-Des-Saints, Canada.