Head-To-Head Review: Mountain Province Diamonds (OTCMKTS:MPVDF) vs. Dakota Gold (NYSE:DC)

Mountain Province Diamonds (OTCMKTS:MPVDF) and Dakota Gold (NYSE:DC) 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 institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Mountain Province Diamonds and Dakota Gold, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mountain Province Diamonds	0	0	0	0	0.00
Dakota Gold	0	0	1	0	3.00

Dakota Gold has a consensus price target of $7.50, indicating a potential upside of 166.90%. Given Dakota Gold’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Dakota Gold is more favorable than Mountain Province Diamonds.

Volatility & Risk

Mountain Province Diamonds has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dakota Gold has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Mountain Province Diamonds and Dakota Gold”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mountain Province Diamonds	$243.43 million	0.04	-$32.35 million	($0.41)	-0.12
Dakota Gold	N/A	N/A	-$36.45 million	($0.31)	-9.06

Mountain Province Diamonds has higher revenue and earnings than Dakota Gold. Dakota Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mountain Province Diamonds, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Mountain Province Diamonds and Dakota Gold’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mountain Province Diamonds	-31.87%	-3.67%	-1.50%
Dakota Gold	N/A	-37.64%	-35.60%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.4% of Mountain Province Diamonds shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.4% of Dakota Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 4.8% of Mountain Province Diamonds shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.4% of Dakota Gold shares are held by company 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.

Summary

Dakota Gold beats Mountain Province Diamonds on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Mountain Province Diamonds

Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. focuses on the mining and marketing of rough diamonds worldwide. The company holds a 49% interest in the Gahcho Kué mine comprising mining leases covering an area of 5,216 hectares; and 100% of the mineral rights of the Kennady North consisting of 22 federal leases and 97 claims covering an area of 113,000 hectares located in the Northwest Territories, Canada. The company was formerly known as Mountain Province Mining Inc. and changed its name to Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. in October 2000. Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. was incorporated in 1986 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

About Dakota Gold

Dakota Gold Corp. engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral properties in the United States. It primarily explores for gold deposits. The company holds 100% interest in the Blind Gold, City Creek, Tinton, West Corridor, Ragged Top, Poorman Anticline, Maitland, South Lead/ Whistler Gulch, the Barrick Option, Richmond Hill and Homestake Paleoplacer Properties located in Homestake Mining District, South Dakota. Dakota Gold Corp. was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Lead, South Dakota.