ECR vs. GDP, LEX, HAMA, ORR, SGZ, XTR, GCAT, CGNR, CNG, and PALM
Should you be buying ECR Minerals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ECR Minerals include Goldplat (GDP), Lexington Gold (LEX), Hamak Gold (HAMA), Oriole Resources (ORR), Scotgold Resources (SGZ), Xtract Resources (XTR), Caracal Gold (GCAT), Conroy Gold and Natural Resources (CGNR), China Nonferrous Gold (CNG), and Panther Metals (PALM). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
ECR Minerals vs. Its Competitors
Goldplat (LON:GDP) and ECR Minerals (LON:ECR) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment and valuation.
1.8% of Goldplat shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.9% of ECR Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. 40.6% of Goldplat shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.2% of ECR Minerals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, ECR Minerals had 1 more articles in the media than Goldplat. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for ECR Minerals and 0 mentions for Goldplat. Goldplat's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled ECR Minerals'average media sentiment score.
Goldplat has higher revenue and earnings than ECR Minerals. ECR Minerals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Goldplat, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Goldplat has a net margin of 3.80% compared to ECR Minerals' net margin of 0.00%. Goldplat's return on equity of 23.64% beat ECR Minerals' return on equity.
Goldplat has a beta of 0.28, indicating that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ECR Minerals has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Goldplat beats ECR Minerals on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:ECR) was last updated on 10/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
