Endeavour Silver (NYSE:EXK – Get Free Report) and Friedman Industries (NASDAQ:FRD – Get Free Report) are both materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings and profitability.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Endeavour Silver and Friedman Industries”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Endeavour Silver | $432.80 million | 5.61 | -$119.10 million | $0.21 | 39.03 |
| Friedman Industries | $646.91 million | 0.47 | $19.53 million | $3.84 | 11.07 |
Friedman Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Endeavour Silver. Friedman Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Endeavour Silver, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
20.1% of Endeavour Silver shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.3% of Friedman Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Endeavour Silver shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of Friedman Industries 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.
Profitability
This table compares Endeavour Silver and Friedman Industries’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Endeavour Silver | 9.30% | 17.46% | 8.93% |
| Friedman Industries | 3.63% | 18.29% | 8.19% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Endeavour Silver and Friedman Industries, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Endeavour Silver | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2.70 |
| Friedman Industries | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
Endeavour Silver presently has a consensus target price of $14.50, indicating a potential upside of 76.89%. Given Endeavour Silver’s higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Endeavour Silver is more favorable than Friedman Industries.
Volatility and Risk
Endeavour Silver has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Friedman Industries has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Friedman Industries beats Endeavour Silver on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Endeavour Silver
Endeavour Silver Corp., a silver mining company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, extraction, processing, refining, and reclamation of mineral properties in Chile and the United States. It explores for gold and silver deposits, and precious metals. The company was formerly known as Endeavour Gold Corp. and changed its name to Endeavour Silver Corp. in September 2004. Endeavour Silver Corp. was incorporated in 1981 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
About Friedman Industries
Friedman Industries, Incorporated engages in steel processing, pipe manufacturing and processing, and the steel and pipe distribution businesses the United States. It operates in two segments, Coil and Tubular. The Coil segment is involved in the conversion of steel coils into flat sheet and plate steel cut to customer specifications and reselling steel coils. This segment also processes customer-owned coils on a fee basis. The company sells coil products and processing services to approximately 200 customers located primarily in the midwestern, southwestern and southeastern regions of the United States. Its principal customers for these products and services are steel distributors and customers manufacturing steel products, such as steel buildings, railroad cars, barges, tanks and containers, trailers, component parts and other fabricated steel products. The Tubular segment manufactures line and oil country pipes, as well as pipes for structural applications. This segment sells its tubular products principally to steel and pipe distributors through its own sales force. The company was incorporated in 1965 and is headquartered in Longview, Texas.
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