ECR vs. LEX, GDP, SGZ, ORR, GRL, GCAT, HAMA, CNG, XTR, and PUR
Should you be buying ECR Minerals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ECR Minerals include Lexington Gold (LEX), Goldplat (GDP), Scotgold Resources (SGZ), Oriole Resources (ORR), Goldstone Resources (GRL), Caracal Gold (GCAT), Hamak Gold (HAMA), China Nonferrous Gold (CNG), Xtract Resources (XTR), and Pure Gold Mining (PUR). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
ECR Minerals vs. Its Competitors
ECR Minerals (LON:ECR) and Lexington Gold (LON:LEX) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.
ECR Minerals has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lexington Gold has a beta of -1.04, meaning that its stock price is 204% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Lexington Gold's return on equity of 2.63% beat ECR Minerals' return on equity.
In the previous week, Lexington Gold had 1 more articles in the media than ECR Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Lexington Gold and 0 mentions for ECR Minerals. Lexington Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat ECR Minerals' score of 0.00 indicating that Lexington Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ECR Minerals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lexington Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
1.6% of ECR Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.8% of ECR Minerals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 65.4% of Lexington Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Lexington Gold beats ECR Minerals on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:ECR) was last updated on 8/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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