MTL vs. THX, AAZ, SHG, CNR, CMCL, HUM, SAV, SRB, ALTN, and KEFI
Should you be buying Metals Exploration stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Metals Exploration include Thor Explorations (THX), Anglo Asian Mining (AAZ), Shanta Gold (SHG), Condor Gold (CNR), Caledonia Mining (CMCL), Hummingbird Resources (HUM), Savannah Resources (SAV), Serabi Gold (SRB), AltynGold (ALTN), and KEFI Gold and Copper (KEFI). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Thor Explorations (LON:THX) and Metals Exploration (LON:MTL) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and institutional ownership.
Metals Exploration has a net margin of 28.74% compared to Metals Exploration's net margin of 13.70%. Thor Explorations' return on equity of 138.42% beat Metals Exploration's return on equity.
Metals Exploration received 100 more outperform votes than Thor Explorations when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Thor Explorations an outperform vote while only 86.89% of users gave Metals Exploration an outperform vote.
Thor Explorations has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Metals Exploration has a beta of 0.31, meaning that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Metals Exploration had 2 more articles in the media than Thor Explorations. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Metals Exploration and 1 mentions for Thor Explorations. Metals Exploration's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Thor Explorations' score of 0.21 indicating that Thor Explorations is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Thor Explorations presently has a consensus price target of GBX 32.50, indicating a potential upside of 113.11%. Given Metals Exploration's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Thor Explorations is more favorable than Metals Exploration.
Metals Exploration has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Thor Explorations. Metals Exploration is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Thor Explorations, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
29.7% of Thor Explorations shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.5% of Metals Exploration shares are held by institutional investors. 12.1% of Thor Explorations shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 64.7% of Metals Exploration shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Thor Explorations beats Metals Exploration on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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