FF vs. ITH, ME, LGD, G, GOLD, VGZ, JAG, STGO, and LN
Should you be buying First Mining Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Mining Gold include International Tower Hill Mines (ITH), Moneta Gold (ME), Liberty Gold (LGD), Augusta Gold (G), GoldMining (GOLD), Vista Gold (VGZ), Jaguar Mining (JAG), Steppe Gold (STGO), and Loncor Gold (LN). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
International Tower Hill Mines (TSE:ITH) and First Mining Gold (TSE:FF) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.
International Tower Hill Mines is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Mining Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
International Tower Hill Mines received 11 more outperform votes than First Mining Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.83% of users gave First Mining Gold an outperform vote while only 65.26% of users gave International Tower Hill Mines an outperform vote.
International Tower Hill Mines' return on equity of -3.02% beat First Mining Gold's return on equity.
International Tower Hill Mines has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Mining Gold has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
70.6% of International Tower Hill Mines shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.1% of First Mining Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of International Tower Hill Mines shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of First Mining Gold shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, First Mining Gold had 6 more articles in the media than International Tower Hill Mines. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for First Mining Gold and 1 mentions for International Tower Hill Mines. International Tower Hill Mines' average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat First Mining Gold's score of 0.00 indicating that First Mining Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
First Mining Gold has a consensus target price of C$0.70, indicating a potential upside of 382.76%. Given International Tower Hill Mines' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe First Mining Gold is more favorable than International Tower Hill Mines.
Summary
First Mining Gold beats International Tower Hill Mines on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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