FF vs. LGD, ITH, G, VGZ, STGO, GOLD, LN, and XTG
Should you be buying First Mining Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Mining Gold include Liberty Gold (LGD), International Tower Hill Mines (ITH), Augusta Gold (G), Vista Gold (VGZ), Steppe Gold (STGO), GoldMining (GOLD), Loncor Gold (LN), and Xtra-Gold Resources (XTG). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Liberty Gold (TSE:LGD) and First Mining Gold (TSE:FF) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.
27.0% of Liberty Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.1% of First Mining Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of Liberty Gold shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of First Mining Gold shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Liberty Gold received 104 more outperform votes than First Mining Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.24% of users gave Liberty Gold an outperform vote while only 70.83% of users gave First Mining Gold an outperform vote.
Liberty Gold presently has a consensus price target of C$1.60, suggesting a potential upside of 370.59%. First Mining Gold has a consensus price target of C$0.70, suggesting a potential upside of 366.67%. Given First Mining Gold's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Liberty Gold is more favorable than First Mining Gold.
In the previous week, First Mining Gold had 6 more articles in the media than Liberty Gold. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for First Mining Gold and 1 mentions for Liberty Gold. Liberty Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat First Mining Gold's score of 0.00 indicating that First Mining Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Liberty Gold has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Mining Gold has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Liberty Gold's return on equity of -3.02% beat First Mining Gold's return on equity.
First Mining Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Liberty Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Liberty Gold and First Mining Gold tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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