Nouveau Monde Graphite (NMG) Competitors

IperionX (NASDAQ:IPX) and Nouveau Monde Graphite (NYSE:NMG) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of IPX or NMG?

2.8% of IperionX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.1% of Nouveau Monde Graphite shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.7% of Nouveau Monde Graphite shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer IPX or NMG?

In the previous week, IperionX had 2 more articles in the media than Nouveau Monde Graphite. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for IperionX and 2 mentions for Nouveau Monde Graphite. Nouveau Monde Graphite's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat IperionX's score of -0.53 indicating that IperionX is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
IperionX	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Nouveau Monde Graphite	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative

Is IPX or NMG more profitable?

Nouveau Monde Graphite's return on equity of 0.00% beat IperionX's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IperionX	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nouveau Monde Graphite	N/A	-87.60%	-43.21%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, IPX or NMG?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
IperionX	N/A	N/A	-$17.44M	N/A	N/A
Nouveau Monde Graphite	N/A	N/A	-$41.47M	-$0.72	-3.06

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in IPX or NMG?

Nouveau Monde Graphite received 10 more outperform votes than IperionX when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave IperionX an outperform vote while only 78.57% of users gave Nouveau Monde Graphite an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
IperionX	Outperform Votes 1 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Nouveau Monde Graphite	Outperform Votes 11 78.57%	Underperform Votes 3 21.43%

Which has more risk & volatility, IPX or NMG?

IperionX has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nouveau Monde Graphite has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate IPX or NMG?

Nouveau Monde Graphite has a consensus price target of $3.25, indicating a potential upside of 47.73%. Given IperionX's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Nouveau Monde Graphite is more favorable than IperionX.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
IperionX	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Nouveau Monde Graphite	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

IperionX and Nouveau Monde Graphite tied by winning 6 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.