WRN vs. ETG, FAR, NDM, FVL, AOT, FSY, SMT, AII, ERD, and S
Should you be buying Western Copper and Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Copper and Gold include Entrée Resources (ETG), Foraco International (FAR), Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM), Freegold Ventures (FVL), Ascot Resources (AOT), Forsys Metals (FSY), Sierra Metals (SMT), Almonty Industries (AII), Erdene Resource Development (ERD), and Sherritt International (S). These companies are all part of the "other industrial metals & mining" industry.
Entrée Resources (TSE:ETG) and Western Copper and Gold (TSE:WRN) 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, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.
0.0% of Entrée Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.2% of Western Copper and Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 50.2% of Entrée Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.2% of Western Copper and Gold shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Western Copper and Gold's return on equity of 0.00% beat Entrée Resources' return on equity.
Entrée Resources has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Copper and Gold has a beta of 2.07, indicating that its stock price is 107% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Western Copper and Gold received 84 more outperform votes than Entrée Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.54% 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 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, Entrée Resources and Entrée Resources both had 1 articles in the media. Western Copper and Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Entrée Resources' score of 0.00 indicating that Entrée Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Western Copper and Gold beats Entrée Resources on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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