Calibre Mining - CXB Competitors

Red Pine Exploration (CVE:RPX) and Calibre Mining (CVE:CXB) 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 community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability and media sentiment.

Is RPX or CXB more profitable?

Calibre Mining's return on equity of 0.00% beat Red Pine Exploration's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Red Pine Exploration	N/A	-452.87%	-204.54%
Calibre Mining	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in RPX or CXB?

14.5% of Red Pine Exploration shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.7% of Red Pine Exploration shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better earnings & valuation, RPX or CXB?

Calibre Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Red Pine Exploration, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Red Pine Exploration	N/A	N/A	-C$13.19 million	-C$0.10	-2.10
Calibre Mining	N/A	N/A	N/A	-C$0.05	-11.84

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in RPX or CXB?

Calibre Mining received 61 more outperform votes than Red Pine Exploration when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.21% of users gave Red Pine Exploration an outperform vote while only 67.50% of users gave Calibre Mining an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Red Pine Exploration	Outperform Votes 47 71.21%	Underperform Votes 19 28.79%
Calibre Mining	Outperform Votes 108 67.50%	Underperform Votes 52 32.50%

Do analysts rate RPX or CXB?

Calibre Mining has a consensus target price of C$1.70, indicating a potential upside of 193.10%. Given Calibre Mining's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Calibre Mining is more favorable than Red Pine Exploration.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Red Pine Exploration	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Calibre Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the media favor RPX or CXB?

In the previous week, Calibre Mining had 2 more articles in the media than Red Pine Exploration. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Calibre Mining and 1 mentions for Red Pine Exploration. Red Pine Exploration's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Calibre Mining's score of 0.41 indicating that Red Pine Exploration is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Red Pine Exploration	Positive
Calibre Mining	Neutral

Summary

Calibre Mining beats Red Pine Exploration on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.