AAU vs. KEFI, ALTN, CGH, LEX, GDP, PAT, CORA, ORR, XTR, and SRB
Should you be buying Ariana Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ariana Resources include KEFI Gold and Copper (KEFI), AltynGold (ALTN), Chaarat Gold (CGH), Lexington Gold (LEX), Goldplat (GDP), Panthera Resources (PAT), Cora Gold (CORA), Oriole Resources (ORR), Xtract Resources (XTR), and Serabi Gold (SRB). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Ariana Resources (LON:AAU) and KEFI Gold and Copper (LON:KEFI) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and community ranking.
12.6% of Ariana Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.6% of KEFI Gold and Copper shares are held by institutional investors. 24.0% of Ariana Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.0% of KEFI Gold and Copper shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Ariana Resources has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KEFI Gold and Copper has a beta of 1.56, indicating that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, KEFI Gold and Copper had 1 more articles in the media than Ariana Resources. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for KEFI Gold and Copper and 0 mentions for Ariana Resources. KEFI Gold and Copper's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Ariana Resources' score of 0.00 indicating that KEFI Gold and Copper is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ariana Resources' return on equity of 6.62% beat KEFI Gold and Copper's return on equity.
Ariana Resources received 46 more outperform votes than KEFI Gold and Copper when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.58% of users gave KEFI Gold and Copper an outperform vote while only 53.04% of users gave Ariana Resources an outperform vote.
Summary
Ariana Resources beats KEFI Gold and Copper on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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