ECR vs. LEX, GDP, SGZ, ORR, GCAT, XTR, GRL, CNG, PUR, and CGNR
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), Caracal Gold (GCAT), Xtract Resources (XTR), Goldstone Resources (GRL), China Nonferrous Gold (CNG), Pure Gold Mining (PUR), and Conroy Gold and Natural Resources (CGNR). 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 superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation and media sentiment.
Lexington Gold's return on equity of 2.63% beat ECR Minerals' return on equity.
ECR Minerals has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lexington Gold has a beta of -1.04, meaning that its share price is 204% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
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. ECR Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Lexington Gold'saverage media sentiment score.
1.6% of ECR Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. 6.8% of ECR Minerals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 65.4% of Lexington Gold shares are held 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 7 of the 9 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 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
