THX vs. MTL, HUM, AAZ, SAV, CNR, SRB, SHG, CMCL, ALTN, and KEFI
Should you be buying Thor Explorations stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Thor Explorations include Metals Exploration (MTL), Hummingbird Resources (HUM), Anglo Asian Mining (AAZ), Savannah Resources (SAV), Condor Gold (CNR), Serabi Gold (SRB), Shanta Gold (SHG), Caledonia Mining (CMCL), AltynGold (ALTN), and KEFI Gold and Copper (KEFI). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Thor Explorations (LON:THX) and Metals Exploration (LON:MTL) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and analyst recommendations.
29.7% of Thor Explorations shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.5% of Metals Exploration shares are held by institutional investors. 12.1% of Thor Explorations shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 64.7% of Metals Exploration shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Thor Explorations currently has a consensus target price of GBX 32.50, suggesting a potential upside of 116.67%. Given Thor Explorations' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Thor Explorations is more favorable than Metals Exploration.
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.
Metals Exploration has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
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.
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 news media.
Thor Explorations has a beta of 1.61, indicating that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Metals Exploration has a beta of 0.31, indicating that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Metals Exploration beats Thor Explorations on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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