West High Yield (W.H.Y.) Resources - WHY Competitors

West High Yield (W.H.Y.) Resources (CVE:WHY) and Gunpoint Exploration (CVE:GUN) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WHY or GUN?

West High Yield (W.H.Y.) Resources received 24 more outperform votes than Gunpoint Exploration when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.89% of users gave West High Yield (W.H.Y.) Resources an outperform vote while only 61.19% of users gave Gunpoint Exploration an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
West High Yield (W.H.Y.) Resources	Outperform Votes 65 69.89%	Underperform Votes 28 30.11%
Gunpoint Exploration	Outperform Votes 41 61.19%	Underperform Votes 26 38.81%

Which has more risk and volatility, WHY or GUN?

West High Yield (W.H.Y.) Resources has a beta of 1.78, indicating that its stock price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gunpoint Exploration has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is WHY or GUN more profitable?

West High Yield (W.H.Y.) Resources' return on equity of 0.00% beat Gunpoint Exploration's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
West High Yield (W.H.Y.) Resources	N/A	N/A	-100.31%
Gunpoint Exploration	N/A	-10.42%	-5.01%

Does the media refer more to WHY or GUN?

In the previous week, West High Yield (W.H.Y.) Resources had 1 more articles in the media than Gunpoint Exploration. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for West High Yield (W.H.Y.) Resources and 0 mentions for Gunpoint Exploration. West High Yield (W.H.Y.) Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Gunpoint Exploration's average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
West High Yield (W.H.Y.) Resources	Neutral
Gunpoint Exploration	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, WHY or GUN?

Gunpoint Exploration is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than West High Yield (W.H.Y.) Resources, 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
West High Yield (W.H.Y.) Resources	N/A	N/A	-C$4.45 million	-C$0.06	-5.58
Gunpoint Exploration	N/A	N/A	N/A	-C$0.01	-56.00

Do analysts prefer WHY or GUN?

West High Yield (W.H.Y.) Resources currently has a consensus price target of C$1.95, indicating a potential upside of 482.09%. Given West High Yield (W.H.Y.) Resources' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe West High Yield (W.H.Y.) Resources is more favorable than Gunpoint Exploration.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
West High Yield (W.H.Y.) Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Gunpoint Exploration	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

West High Yield (W.H.Y.) Resources beats Gunpoint Exploration on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.