Contrasting Northern Dynasty Minerals (NASDAQ:NAK) & Osisko Mining (OTCMKTS:OBNNF)

Osisko Mining (OTCMKTS:OBNNF) and Northern Dynasty Minerals (NASDAQ:NAK) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and risk.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

10.6% of Northern Dynasty Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Northern Dynasty Minerals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Osisko Mining and Northern Dynasty Minerals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Osisko Mining	0	0	0	0	0.00
Northern Dynasty Minerals	0	0	1	0	3.00

Northern Dynasty Minerals has a consensus price target of $2.50, suggesting a potential upside of 66.67%. Given Northern Dynasty Minerals’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Northern Dynasty Minerals is more favorable than Osisko Mining.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Osisko Mining and Northern Dynasty Minerals”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Osisko Mining	N/A	N/A	$165.48 million	$0.42	8.36
Northern Dynasty Minerals	N/A	N/A	N/A	($0.12)	-12.50

Northern Dynasty Minerals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Osisko Mining, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Osisko Mining and Northern Dynasty Minerals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Osisko Mining	N/A	-0.50%	-0.41%
Northern Dynasty Minerals	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Northern Dynasty Minerals beats Osisko Mining on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Osisko Mining

Osisko Mining Inc., a mineral exploration company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of precious mineral deposits in Canada. The company primarily explores for gold deposits. It holds interest in the Windfall Lake Project, Quévillon Osborne Project, and Urban-Barry Project located in Québec, Canada; and Phoenix Properties located in Québec, Canada. The company was formerly known as Oban Mining Corporation and changed its name to Osisko Mining Inc. in June 2016. Osisko Mining Inc. is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

About Northern Dynasty Minerals

Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. engages in the exploration of mineral properties in the United States. Its principal mineral property is the Pebble Copper-Gold-Molybdenum-Silver-Rhenium project comprising 1,840 mineral claims that covers an area of approximately 274 square miles located in southwest Alaska, 17 miles from the villages of Iliamna and Newhalen, and approximately 200 miles southwest of the city of Anchorage. The company was formerly known as Northern Dynasty Explorations Ltd. and changed its name to Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. in October 1997. Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. was incorporated in 1983 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.