LGD vs. ME, FF, VGZ, G, ITH, STGO, LN, and XTG
Should you be buying Liberty Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Liberty Gold include Moneta Gold (ME), First Mining Gold (FF), Vista Gold (VGZ), Augusta Gold (G), International Tower Hill Mines (ITH), Steppe Gold (STGO), Loncor Gold (LN), and Xtra-Gold Resources (XTG). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Moneta Gold (TSE:ME) and Liberty Gold (TSE:LGD) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and profitability.
In the previous week, Liberty Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Moneta Gold'saverage media sentiment score.
Liberty Gold received 82 more outperform votes than Moneta Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.24% of users gave Liberty Gold an outperform vote while only 68.22% of users gave Moneta Gold an outperform vote.
Moneta Gold has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty Gold has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Moneta 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.
Liberty Gold's return on equity of -28.67% beat Moneta Gold's return on equity.
Moneta Gold currently has a consensus price target of C$3.00, indicating a potential upside of 105.48%. Liberty Gold has a consensus price target of C$1.60, indicating a potential upside of 384.85%. Given Moneta Gold's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Liberty Gold is more favorable than Moneta Gold.
8.5% of Moneta Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.2% of Liberty Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 20.9% of Moneta Gold shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Liberty Gold shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Moneta Gold and Liberty Gold tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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