Copper Mountain Mining (OTCMKTS:CPPMF – Get Rating) and Skeena Resources (NYSE:SKE – Get Rating) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings and dividends.
Profitability
This table compares Copper Mountain Mining and Skeena Resources' net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
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| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets |
| Copper Mountain Mining | -2.87% | -0.97% | -0.44% |
| Skeena Resources | N/A | -68.36% | -56.45% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Copper Mountain Mining and Skeena Resources, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score |
| Copper Mountain Mining | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2.50 |
| Skeena Resources | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 |
Copper Mountain Mining currently has a consensus price target of $2.71, indicating a potential upside of 69.27%. Skeena Resources has a consensus price target of $17.10, indicating a potential upside of 190.32%. Given Skeena Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Skeena Resources is more favorable than Copper Mountain Mining.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Copper Mountain Mining and Skeena Resources' top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio |
| Copper Mountain Mining | $461.31 million | 0.73 | $83.06 million | ($0.06) | -26.67 |
| Skeena Resources | N/A | N/A | -$93.81 million | ($1.23) | -4.79 |
Copper Mountain Mining has higher revenue and earnings than Skeena Resources. Copper Mountain Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Skeena Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
32.1% of Skeena Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Skeena Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Risk & Volatility
Copper Mountain Mining has a beta of 2.07, suggesting that its stock price is 107% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Skeena Resources has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Skeena Resources beats Copper Mountain Mining on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Copper Mountain Mining
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Copper Mountain Mining Corp. engages in the exploration, development and operation of mineral deposits. It holds interest in copper mountain mine, Eva Copper, New Ingerbelle and Cameron copper projects. The company was founded on April 20, 2006 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
About Skeena Resources
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Skeena Resources Ltd. is a mineral exploration stage company. The firm focuses on developing the Eskay Creek Project, an advanced-stage exploration project. The company was founded on September 13, 1979 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
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