AOT vs. WRN, ETG, SKE, FAR, NDM, FSY, FVL, SMT, AII, and LGO
Should you be buying Ascot Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ascot Resources include Western Copper and Gold (WRN), Entrée Resources (ETG), Skeena Resources (SKE), Foraco International (FAR), Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM), Forsys Metals (FSY), Freegold Ventures (FVL), Sierra Metals (SMT), Almonty Industries (AII), and Largo (LGO). These companies are all part of the "other industrial metals & mining" industry.
Ascot Resources (TSE:AOT) and Western Copper and Gold (TSE:WRN) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Western Copper and Gold received 151 more outperform votes than Ascot Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.27% of users gave Western Copper and Gold an outperform vote while only 60.78% of users gave Ascot Resources an outperform vote.
Western Copper and Gold's return on equity of -2.68% beat Ascot Resources' return on equity.
Western Copper and Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ascot Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
18.3% of Ascot Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.0% of Western Copper and Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 19.5% of Ascot Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 34.1% of Western Copper and Gold shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Ascot Resources currently has a consensus price target of C$0.95, suggesting a potential upside of 31.94%. Western Copper and Gold has a consensus price target of C$4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 102.02%. Given Western Copper and Gold's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Western Copper and Gold is more favorable than Ascot Resources.
In the previous week, Western Copper and Gold had 1 more articles in the media than Ascot Resources. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Western Copper and Gold and 1 mentions for Ascot Resources. Western Copper and Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Ascot Resources' score of 0.00 indicating that Western Copper and Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ascot Resources has a beta of 1.66, suggesting that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Copper and Gold has a beta of 2.12, suggesting that its share price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Western Copper and Gold beats Ascot Resources on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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