ETG vs. WRN, FAR, NDM, AOT, FVL, FSY, SMT, AII, LGO, and ERD
Should you be buying Entrée Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Entrée Resources include Western Copper and Gold (WRN), Foraco International (FAR), Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM), Ascot Resources (AOT), Freegold Ventures (FVL), Forsys Metals (FSY), Sierra Metals (SMT), Almonty Industries (AII), Largo (LGO), and Erdene Resource Development (ERD). These companies are all part of the "other industrial metals & mining" industry.
Western Copper and Gold (TSE:WRN) and Entrée Resources (TSE:ETG) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Western Copper and Gold's return on equity of 0.00% beat Entrée Resources' return on equity.
31.0% of Western Copper and Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of Entrée Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 34.1% of Western Copper and Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 43.0% of Entrée Resources shares are owned 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.
Western Copper and Gold has a beta of 2.12, suggesting that its share price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Entrée Resources has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Western Copper and Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Entrée Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Western Copper and Gold and Western Copper and Gold both had 2 articles in the media. Western Copper and Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Entrée Resources' score of 0.54 indicating that Entrée Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Western Copper and Gold received 84 more outperform votes than Entrée Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.27% of users gave Western Copper and Gold an outperform vote while only 54.14% of users gave Entrée Resources an outperform vote.
Western Copper and Gold currently has a consensus price target of C$4.00, indicating a potential upside of 102.02%. Given Entrée Resources' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Western Copper and Gold is more favorable than Entrée Resources.
Summary
Western Copper and Gold beats Entrée Resources on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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