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TMCTMCCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Materials›Other Metals/Minerals

Pre-revenue company seeking to mine nickel, cobalt and manganese nodules from the deep Pacific seabed.

Momentum laggard 4
Mkt cap
$1.00B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
52%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$13.9M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
n/m
no positive forecast
ROIC−WACC
n/a
WACC 14.6%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
6 days
12 Nov 2026
Close · USD$2.27
1D+9.7%
1W-12.7%
1M-33.8%
3M-48.8%
6M-60.2%
YTD-63.2%
1Y-62.2%
ATR %10.5%
Beta3.41
52w lowhigh77.4% off high

What TMC does

Pre-revenue company seeking to mine nickel, cobalt and manganese nodules from the deep Pacific seabed.

Products and services

  • Polymetallic nodule collection (Clarion-Clipperton Zone)
  • Nodule processing/refining (planned)

Customers

  • battery/metals buyers (planned, no offtake revenue

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Critical minerals
  • Deep-sea nodule collection
  • Exploration/collection contracts +…

What could go right

  • Rising demand for battery metals (nickel, cobalt)
  • Potential US regulatory pathway for seabed mining

What could go wrong

  • No commercial revenue yet
  • Environmental/regulatory opposition to seabed mining

Moat: narrow (first-mover, regulatory licence). Holds some of the largest seabed exploration contracts, but seabed mining is unproven and commercially and environmentally contested.

Headquarters: Vancouver, Canada · Founded: 2011 · Employees: 48

Named competitors

  • Global Sea Mineral Resources (DEME) private or unlisted
  • Impossible Metals private or unlisted
  • Vale VALE
  • Glencore GLEN.L

TMC at a glance

Size TMC (TMC) is a United States Materials company (Other Metals/Minerals) with a market value of $1.00B, the 2244th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $2.27 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 60.2%, against -16.9% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — lowest of 20 in its peer set.

Short interest Short interest is 7.9% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 12 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

507510011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 81TMC 38
Six months, rebased to 100: TMC against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

TMC financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$0$0$0$0$0
Revenue growth—————
Gross profit-$214,000-$252,000-$362,000-$360,000-$418,000
EBITDA-$206M-$140M-$80.9M-$72.0M-$174M
Net income-$306M-$320M-$81.9M-$73.8M-$171M
Free cash flow-$43.5M-$42.9M-$44.0M-$60.2M-$67.8M
Capital expenditure$193,000$245,000$515,000$578,000$1.17M
Total debt$145M$145M$11.8M$0$0

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

TMC competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-50%0%+50%-20%0%2362AMG603595USAJAINRECZIMMLX2546SANDUMAOMARG300700AFMUROY603124CNLGRAVITAERASLSTMC6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. TMC is the large dot.

TMC competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (TMC vs VALE vs GLEN.L)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq g
TMC TMC$1.00B-60%n/an/an/an/a
Vale S.A. Sponsored ADR VALE$45.4B-30%+11%25%1.4×-14.0%
Glencore GLEN.L$78.0B-14%+27%2%0.4×n/a

How TMC compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

TMC against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureTMCPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-33.8%-14.4%lowest of 21
6-month return-60.2%-16.9%lowest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-77.4%-38.7%lowest of 21

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq gDelivered g
TMC TMCUnited States$1.00B-60%n/an/an/an/an/a
Jinchuan Group International Resources 2362.HKHong Kong$997M+4%+65%22%2.0×-2.2%-1.8%
AMG Critical Materials AMG.ASNetherlands$988M-41%+12%7%0.8×0.2%+13.0%
Zhejiang Tony Electronic 603595.SSChina$960M+52%+5%-12%3.8×n/an/a
Americas Gold and Silver USA.TOCanada$1.05B-50%+86%19%5.6×n/an/a
Jain Resource Recycling JAINREC.NSIndia$1.05B-43%+48%5%0.9×n/an/a
Zimplats ZIM.AXAustralia$1.06B-15%+50%33%0.8×-15.0%+1.1%
Metals X MLX.AXAustralia$934M-11%+26%53%2.9×-10.3%+31.2%
Xizang Zhihui Mining 2546.HKHong Kong$1.08B+8%+104%28%11.8×32.8%+6.0%
Sandur Manganese & Iron Ores SANDUMA.NSIndia$914M-18%+21%20%1.6×13.8%+46.8%
Osisko Metals OM.TOCanada$911M-16%n/an/an/an/an/a
Amerigo Resources ARG.TOCanada$910M+24%+54%41%2.8×3.8%+13.4%
Londian Wason New Energy Tech, Inc. Unsponsored ADR FOILUnited States$1.11Bn/a+25%5%0.6×n/an/a
Changsha Dialine New Material Sci.&Tech 300700.SZChina$903M-13%+14%-23%13.7×n/an/a
Alphamin Resources AFM.VCanada$1.12B-15%+45%54%1.3×n/an/a
Uranium Royalty UROYUnited States$1.16B-24%+1,570%27%9.4×17.4%+161.8%
Jiangxi Jiangnan New Material Technology 603124.SSChina$1.16B-37%+19%3%0.8×n/an/a
Collective Mining CNL.TOCanada$1.17B-22%n/an/an/an/an/a
Gravita India GRAVITA.NSIndia$1.17B-17%+24%8%2.2×n/an/a
Eramet ERA.PAFrance$1.19B-38%0%-1%1.4×n/an/a
Solaris Resources SLS.TOCanada$1.19B-28%n/an/an/an/an/a

Questions

Who are TMC's main competitors?
Named competitors: Global Sea Mineral Resources (DEME) (private or unlisted), Impossible Metals (private or unlisted), Vale (VALE), Glencore (GLEN.L). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Jinchuan Group International Resources (2362.HK), AMG Critical Materials (AMG.AS), Zhejiang Tony Electronic (603595.SS), Americas Gold and Silver (USA.TO), Jain Resource Recycling (JAINREC.NS), Zimplats (ZIM.AX).
How has TMC stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -60.2% against -16.9% for the median peer; over one year -62.2%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.