SKE vs. AOT, MDI, WRN, ETG, FAR, NDM, FSY, FVL, LAC, and SMT
Should you be buying Skeena Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Skeena Resources include Ascot Resources (AOT), Major Drilling Group International (MDI), Western Copper and Gold (WRN), Entrée Resources (ETG), Foraco International (FAR), Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM), Forsys Metals (FSY), Freegold Ventures (FVL), Lithium Americas (LAC), and Sierra Metals (SMT). These companies are all part of the "other industrial metals & mining" industry.
Skeena Resources (TSE:SKE) and Ascot Resources (TSE:AOT) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
70.7% of Skeena Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.3% of Ascot Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Skeena Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.5% of Ascot Resources shares are owned 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.
Skeena Resources has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ascot Resources has a beta of 1.66, suggesting that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Skeena Resources presently has a consensus price target of C$16.39, indicating a potential upside of 148.38%. Ascot Resources has a consensus price target of C$0.95, indicating a potential upside of 31.94%. Given Skeena Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Skeena Resources is more favorable than Ascot Resources.
Ascot Resources' return on equity of -3.16% beat Skeena Resources' return on equity.
In the previous week, Skeena Resources had 1 more articles in the media than Ascot Resources. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Skeena Resources and 1 mentions for Ascot Resources. Ascot Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Skeena Resources' score of -0.91 indicating that Ascot Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Skeena Resources received 1 more outperform votes than Ascot Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 91.43% of users gave Skeena Resources an outperform vote while only 60.78% of users gave Ascot Resources an outperform vote.
Ascot Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Skeena Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Skeena Resources beats Ascot Resources on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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