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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Stocks - Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
BAU Blue Star Gold	C$0.16 +3.2%	C$0.20	C$0.16 ▼ C$0.47	C$13.10M	-0.42	47,490 shs	62,297 shs
FT Franklin Universal Trust	$6.81 -0.3%	$6.57	$5.97 ▼ $7.06	N/A	0.74	58,697 shs	36,893 shs
SMD Strategic Metals	C$0.20 +8.3%	C$0.19	C$0.17 ▼ C$0.28	C$21.64M	0.94	53,544 shs	83,000 shs
WLF Wolfden Resources	C$0.04 -11.1%	C$0.04	C$0.03 ▼ C$0.17	C$6.59M	0.72	58,480 shs	131,500 shs

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Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
BAU Blue Star Gold	0.00%	-11.43%	-20.51%	-50.00%	-60.76%
FT Franklin Universal Trust	+0.97%	+3.10%	+2.24%	+4.36%	-0.21%
SMD Strategic Metals	-2.70%	+2.86%	-18.18%	0.00%	-34.55%
WLF Wolfden Resources	+12.50%	0.00%	+28.57%	-50.00%	-75.00%

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MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
BAU Blue Star Gold	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
FT Franklin Universal Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
SMD Strategic Metals	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
WLF Wolfden Resources	1.4191 of 5 stars	3.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	3.3	0.0

Analyst Ratings

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
BAU Blue Star Gold	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
FT Franklin Universal Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
SMD Strategic Metals	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
WLF Wolfden Resources	3.00	Buy	C$0.20	400.00% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings

Latest BAU, WLF, SMD, and FT Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target	Details
2/16/2024	WLF Wolfden Resources	Cormark Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target	Buy	C$0.20

(Data available from 5/10/2021 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
BAU Blue Star Gold	N/A	N/A	C$0.01 per share	12.11	C$0.37 per share	N/A
FT Franklin Universal Trust	$11.88M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
SMD Strategic Metals	N/A	N/A	C$0.09 per share	2.15	C$0.42 per share	N/A
WLF Wolfden Resources	N/A	N/A	C$0.00 per share	17.50	N/A	N/A

Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
BAU Blue Star Gold	-C$2.51M	-C$0.04	N/A	∞	N/A	N/A	-9.16%	-4.49%	6/27/2024 (Estimated)
FT Franklin Universal Trust	N/A	N/A	0.00	∞	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
SMD Strategic Metals	-C$3.56M	-C$0.03	N/A	∞	N/A	N/A	-5.87%	-3.02%	5/23/2024 (Estimated)
WLF Wolfden Resources	-C$2.81M	-C$0.02	N/A	∞	N/A	N/A	-147.87%	-71.56%	5/22/2024 (Estimated)

Latest BAU, WLF, SMD, and FT Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue	Details
3/28/2024	Q1 2024	BAU Blue Star Gold	N/A	-C$0.01	-C$0.01	-C$0.01	N/A	N/A
3/12/2024	Q4 2023	BAU Blue Star Gold	N/A	-C$0.01	-C$0.01	-C$0.01	N/A	N/A

Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
BAU Blue Star Gold	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
FT Franklin Universal Trust	$0.51	7.49%	+9.92%	N/A	N/A
SMD Strategic Metals	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
WLF Wolfden Resources	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest BAU, WLF, SMD, and FT Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
5/7/2024	FT Franklin Universal Trust	monthly	$0.0425	7.5%	5/16/2024	5/17/2024	5/31/2024
4/5/2024	FT Franklin Universal Trust	monthly	$0.0425	7.7%	4/16/2024	4/17/2024	4/30/2024
3/7/2024	FT Franklin Universal Trust	monthly	$0.0425	7.8%	3/18/2024	3/19/2024	3/28/2024

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
BAU Blue Star Gold	6.36	7.03	0.44
FT Franklin Universal Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A
SMD Strategic Metals	0.07	26.95	10.25
WLF Wolfden Resources	N/A	2.40	16.11

Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
BAU Blue Star Gold	N/A
FT Franklin Universal Trust	N/A
SMD Strategic Metals	31.76%
WLF Wolfden Resources	20.32%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
BAU Blue Star Gold	73.38%
FT Franklin Universal Trust	7.79%
SMD Strategic Metals	5.49%
WLF Wolfden Resources	28.87%

Miscellaneous

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
BAU Blue Star Gold	N/A	81.90 million	N/A	Not Optionable
FT Franklin Universal Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	Not Optionable
SMD Strategic Metals	N/A	110.96 million	N/A	Not Optionable
WLF Wolfden Resources	3	164.82 million	N/A	Not Optionable

BAU, WLF, SMD, and FT Headlines

Source	Headline
	Wolfden Resources Co. (CVE:WLF) Director John Seaman Acquires 174,000 Shares insidertrades.com - April 13 at 7:10 AM
	Wolfden Resources Announces Denial of Pickett Project Rezoning Application juniorminingnetwork.com - February 15 at 1:23 PM
	Wolfden Resources Corporation: Wolfden Announces Denial of Pickett Project Rezoning Application finanznachrichten.de - February 15 at 8:23 AM
	Wolfden Announces Denial of Pickett Project Rezoning Application finance.yahoo.com - February 15 at 8:23 AM
	Wolfden Resources Corporation (WLF.V) finance.yahoo.com - February 14 at 10:25 AM
	Wolfden Resources Corporation: Wolfden Announces Potential Denial of Pickett Project Rezoning Application finanznachrichten.de - February 3 at 2:41 PM
	Wolfden Announces Potential Denial of Pickett Project Rezoning Application stockhouse.com - February 2 at 5:27 PM
	Advance Lithium Corp. (ADGCF) ca.finance.yahoo.com - December 20 at 8:00 AM
	Wolfden project can set standard to improve mining worldwide bangordailynews.com - November 13 at 1:37 PM
	Closing Bell: Wolfden Resources Corp flat on Friday (WLF) theglobeandmail.com - October 21 at 5:36 AM
	Wolfden Resources Corporation: Wolfden Announces Public Hearing Date for Pickett Project Rezoning finanznachrichten.de - August 28 at 9:15 AM
	Wolfden Announces Public Hearing Date for Pickett Project Rezoning finance.yahoo.com - August 28 at 9:15 AM
	WLFFF - Wolfden Resources Corporation finance.yahoo.com - July 21 at 4:22 PM
	Wolfden Resources Corporation: Wolfden Reports Progress Update on Pickett Rezoning Application finanznachrichten.de - July 19 at 9:56 AM
	Wolfden Reports Progress Update on Pickett Rezoning Application stockhouse.com - July 19 at 9:56 AM
	Closing Bell: Wolfden Resources Corp up on Monday (WLF) theglobeandmail.com - July 18 at 11:52 PM
	WLF.V - Wolfden Resources Corporation finance.yahoo.com - June 5 at 11:11 AM
	Closing Bell: Wolfden Resources Corp down on Wednesday (WLF) theglobeandmail.com - May 11 at 8:43 AM
	Closing Bell: Wolfden Resources Corp flat on Wednesday (WLF) theglobeandmail.com - May 6 at 4:11 PM
	Here's Why We're Not Too Worried About Wolfden Resources' (CVE:WLF) Cash Burn Situation uk.finance.yahoo.com - May 3 at 6:16 PM
	Wolfden Resources Corporation: Wolfden Reports Continued Progress on Pickett Mt. Rezoning finanznachrichten.de - May 1 at 9:34 AM
	Wolfden Reports Continued Progress on Pickett Mt. Rezoning finance.yahoo.com - May 1 at 9:34 AM
	Closing Bell: Wolfden Resources Corp flat on Monday (WLF) theglobeandmail.com - April 27 at 10:06 AM
	Closing Bell: Wolfden Resources Corp down on Monday (WLF) theglobeandmail.com - April 24 at 9:06 PM

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Company Descriptions

Blue Star Gold

CVE:BAU

Blue Star Gold Corp. engages in the acquiring, exploring, and evaluating mineral properties in Canada. Its flagship asset is the Ulu Gold Project that comprise the Ulu Mining Lease and the contiguous Hood River Property that covers an area of approximately 12,000 hectares located in the Kitikmeot Region of western Nunavut, Canada. The company was formerly known as WPC Resources Inc. and changed its name to Blue Star Gold Corp. in January 2019. Blue Star Gold Corp. was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Franklin Universal Trust

NYSE:FT

Franklin Universal Trust is a closed-ended balanced mutual fund launched by Franklin Resources, Inc. The fund is managed by Franklin Advisers, Inc. It invests in the public equity and fixed income markets of the United States. The fund invests in companies operating in utility sector. It employs fundamental analysis to invest in a diversified portfolio of corporate bonds and dividend paying utility stocks. The fund benchmarks the equity component of its balanced portfolio against the S&P 500 Electric Utilities Index and the fixed component against the Credit Suisse High Yield. Franklin Universal Trust was formed on September 23, 1988 and is domiciled in the United States.

Strategic Metals

CVE:SMD

Strategic Metals Ltd. acquires, explores for, and evaluates mineral properties in Canada. The company explores for gold, silver, lead, zinc, copper, tin, tungsten, vanadium, and lithium metals; and deposit types, such as porphyry, skarn, epithermal vein, orogenic gold, sedex, carbonate replacement, etc. It had a portfolio of approximately 100 projects. The company is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Wolfden Resources

CVE:WLF

Wolfden Resources Corporation engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral properties in Canada and the United States. The company explores for nickel, copper, cobalt, zinc, lead, gold, silver, and sulphide deposits. Its flagship project is the Rice Island project that covers 2,611 hectares of land located in the Snow Lake-Flin Flon greenstone belt, Manitoba. Wolfden Resources Corporation was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Thunder Bay, Canada.

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