NG vs. CXB, SSRM, WDO, TXG, OLA, OSK, NGD, KNT, SEA, and CG
Should you be buying NovaGold Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NovaGold Resources include Calibre Mining (CXB), SSR Mining (SSRM), Wesdome Gold Mines (WDO), Torex Gold Resources (TXG), Orla Mining (OLA), Osisko Mining (OSK), New Gold (NGD), K92 Mining (KNT), Seabridge Gold (SEA), and Centerra Gold (CG). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
NovaGold Resources (TSE:NG) and Calibre Mining (TSE:CXB) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, risk and community ranking.
NovaGold Resources has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Calibre Mining has a beta of 2.07, indicating that its stock price is 107% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Calibre Mining had 3 more articles in the media than NovaGold Resources. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Calibre Mining and 0 mentions for NovaGold Resources. Calibre Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat NovaGold Resources' score of 0.00 indicating that Calibre Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Calibre Mining has a net margin of 15.14% compared to NovaGold Resources' net margin of 0.00%. Calibre Mining's return on equity of 16.87% beat NovaGold Resources' return on equity.
Calibre Mining has a consensus price target of C$2.49, indicating a potential upside of 17.33%. Given Calibre Mining's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Calibre Mining is more favorable than NovaGold Resources.
58.9% of NovaGold Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.3% of Calibre Mining shares are held by institutional investors. 26.4% of NovaGold Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.1% of Calibre Mining shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Calibre Mining received 20 more outperform votes than NovaGold Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.07% of users gave Calibre Mining an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave NovaGold Resources an outperform vote.
Calibre Mining has higher revenue and earnings than NovaGold Resources. NovaGold Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Calibre Mining, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Calibre Mining beats NovaGold Resources on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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