ECR vs. LEX, GDP, SGZ, GRL, ORR, XTR, GCAT, CNG, PUR, and AVM
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), Goldstone Resources (GRL), Oriole Resources (ORR), Xtract Resources (XTR), Caracal Gold (GCAT), China Nonferrous Gold (CNG), Pure Gold Mining (PUR), and Avocet Mining (AVM). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
ECR Minerals vs.
Lexington Gold (LON:LEX) and ECR Minerals (LON:ECR) 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.
In the previous week, Lexington Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat ECR Minerals' score of 0.00 indicating that Lexington Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Lexington Gold's return on equity of 2.63% beat ECR Minerals' return on equity.
Lexington Gold has a beta of -1.04, meaning that its stock price is 204% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ECR Minerals has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ECR Minerals received 32 more outperform votes than Lexington Gold when rated by MarketBeat users.
1.6% of ECR Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. 65.4% of Lexington Gold shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.8% of ECR Minerals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Summary
Lexington Gold beats ECR Minerals on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:ECR) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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