ECR vs. CGNR, PALM, WSBN, KAT, XTR, CORA, PAT, ORR, GDP, and SML
Should you be buying ECR Minerals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ECR Minerals include Conroy Gold and Natural Resources (CGNR), Panther Metals (PALM), Wishbone Gold (WSBN), Katoro Gold (KAT), Xtract Resources (XTR), Cora Gold (CORA), Panthera Resources (PAT), Oriole Resources (ORR), Goldplat (GDP), and Strategic Minerals (SML). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
ECR Minerals (LON:ECR) and Conroy Gold and Natural Resources (LON:CGNR) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.
0.7% of ECR Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. 4.4% of ECR Minerals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 43.4% of Conroy Gold and Natural Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, ECR Minerals had 2 more articles in the media than Conroy Gold and Natural Resources. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for ECR Minerals and 0 mentions for Conroy Gold and Natural Resources. ECR Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Conroy Gold and Natural Resources'average media sentiment score.
Conroy Gold and Natural Resources received 61 more outperform votes than ECR Minerals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.38% of users gave Conroy Gold and Natural Resources an outperform vote while only 68.09% of users gave ECR Minerals an outperform vote.
Conroy Gold and Natural Resources has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ECR Minerals.
ECR Minerals has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Conroy Gold and Natural Resources has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Conroy Gold and Natural Resources' return on equity of -2.48% beat ECR Minerals' return on equity.
Summary
Conroy Gold and Natural Resources beats ECR Minerals on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
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