LGD vs. ME, FF, VGZ, G, ITH, STGO, LN, and XTG
Should you be buying Liberty Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Liberty Gold include Moneta Gold (ME), First Mining Gold (FF), Vista Gold (VGZ), Augusta Gold (G), International Tower Hill Mines (ITH), Steppe Gold (STGO), Loncor Gold (LN), and Xtra-Gold Resources (XTG). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Liberty Gold (TSE:LGD) and Moneta Gold (TSE:ME) 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 analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, dividends and risk.
In the previous week, Moneta Gold had 1 more articles in the media than Liberty Gold. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Moneta Gold and 0 mentions for Liberty Gold. Liberty Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Moneta Gold'saverage media sentiment score.
Liberty Gold has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Moneta Gold has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Liberty Gold received 82 more outperform votes than Moneta Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.24% of users gave Liberty Gold an outperform vote while only 68.22% of users gave Moneta Gold an outperform vote.
28.2% of Liberty Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.5% of Moneta Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of Liberty Gold shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.9% of Moneta Gold shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Moneta Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Liberty Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Moneta Gold's return on equity of -28.67% beat Liberty Gold's return on equity.
Liberty Gold currently has a consensus price target of C$1.60, indicating a potential upside of 384.85%. Moneta Gold has a consensus price target of C$3.00, indicating a potential upside of 105.48%. Given Liberty Gold's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Liberty Gold is more favorable than Moneta Gold.
Summary
Moneta Gold beats Liberty Gold on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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