SOLG vs. GFM, KMR, JLP, ECOR, CAPD, BSE, SVML, ALL, TRR, and KOD
Should you be buying SolGold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SolGold include Griffin Mining (GFM), Kenmare Resources (KMR), Jubilee Metals Group (JLP), Ecora Resources (ECOR), Capital (CAPD), Base Resources (BSE), Sovereign Metals (SVML), Atlantic Lithium (ALL), Trident Royalties (TRR), and Kodal Minerals (KOD). These companies are all part of the "other industrial metals & mining" industry.
Griffin Mining (LON:GFM) and SolGold (LON:SOLG) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.
Griffin Mining has higher revenue and earnings than SolGold. SolGold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Griffin Mining, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Griffin Mining has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SolGold has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Griffin Mining received 57 more outperform votes than SolGold when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 79.15% of users gave SolGold an outperform vote while only 76.14% of users gave Griffin Mining an outperform vote.
Griffin Mining currently has a consensus target price of GBX 140, indicating a potential downside of 7.89%. Given SolGold's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Griffin Mining is more favorable than SolGold.
In the previous week, Griffin Mining had 2 more articles in the media than SolGold. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Griffin Mining and 1 mentions for SolGold. SolGold's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Griffin Mining's score of 0.89 indicating that Griffin Mining is being referred to more favorably in the media.
3.0% of Griffin Mining shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.8% of SolGold shares are held by institutional investors. 44.1% of Griffin Mining shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 53.1% of SolGold 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.
Griffin Mining has a net margin of 7.63% compared to Griffin Mining's net margin of 0.00%. SolGold's return on equity of 3.84% beat Griffin Mining's return on equity.
Summary
Griffin Mining beats SolGold on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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