TML vs. RIO, MQR, ITH, ALO, F, ASO, LGD, FF, LME, and LIO
Should you be buying Treasury Metals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Treasury Metals include Rio2 (RIO), Monarch Gold Co. (MQR.TO) (MQR), International Tower Hill Mines (ITH), Alio Gold Inc. (ALO.TO) (ALO), Fiore Gold (F), Avesoro Resources (ASO), Liberty Gold (LGD), First Mining Gold (FF), Laurion Mineral Exploration (LME), and Lion One Metals (LIO). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Rio2 (CVE:RIO) and Treasury Metals (TSE:TML) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Rio2 has a beta of 2.34, meaning that its stock price is 134% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Treasury Metals has a beta of 1.56, meaning that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Rio2's return on equity of -13.15% beat Treasury Metals' return on equity.
Treasury Metals received 9 more outperform votes than Rio2 when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.34% of users gave Treasury Metals an outperform vote while only 62.50% of users gave Rio2 an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Rio2 had 5 more articles in the media than Treasury Metals. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Rio2 and 0 mentions for Treasury Metals. Rio2's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Treasury Metals' score of -0.15 indicating that Treasury Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Rio2 has higher revenue and earnings than Treasury Metals. Rio2 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Treasury Metals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
15.0% of Rio2 shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.7% of Treasury Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.3% of Rio2 shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.4% of Treasury Metals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Rio2 currently has a consensus target price of C$0.60, indicating a potential upside of 13.21%. Treasury Metals has a consensus target price of C$0.30, indicating a potential upside of 27.66%. Given Rio2's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Treasury Metals is more favorable than Rio2.
Summary
Rio2 beats Treasury Metals on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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