MTL vs. THX, HUM, AAZ, CNR, SAV, CMCL, SHG, SRB, KEFI, and ALTN
Should you be buying Metals Exploration stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Metals Exploration include Thor Explorations (THX), Hummingbird Resources (HUM), Anglo Asian Mining (AAZ), Condor Gold (CNR), Savannah Resources (SAV), Caledonia Mining (CMCL), Shanta Gold (SHG), Serabi Gold (SRB), KEFI Gold and Copper (KEFI), and AltynGold (ALTN). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Metals Exploration (LON:MTL) and Thor Explorations (LON:THX) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Metals Exploration had 2 more articles in the media than Thor Explorations. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Metals Exploration and 0 mentions for Thor Explorations. Metals Exploration's average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Thor Explorations' score of 0.00 indicating that Metals Exploration is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Metals Exploration has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Thor Explorations. Metals Exploration is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Thor Explorations, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Thor Explorations has a consensus target price of GBX 32.50, suggesting a potential upside of 116.67%. Given Thor Explorations' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Thor Explorations is more favorable than Metals Exploration.
Metals Exploration has a net margin of 28.74% compared to Thor Explorations' net margin of 13.70%. Metals Exploration's return on equity of 138.42% beat Thor Explorations' return on equity.
10.5% of Metals Exploration shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.7% of Thor Explorations shares are held by institutional investors. 64.7% of Metals Exploration shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.1% of Thor Explorations shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Metals Exploration has a beta of 0.31, suggesting that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Thor Explorations has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Metals Exploration received 100 more outperform votes than Thor Explorations when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Thor Explorations an outperform vote while only 86.89% of users gave Metals Exploration an outperform vote.
Summary
Thor Explorations beats Metals Exploration on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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