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Lexington Gold (LEX) Competitors

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GBX 3.90 +0.10 (+2.63%)
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LEX vs. HUM, POG, CORA, WSBN, PAT, AAU, HAMA, ORR, GDP, and SGZ

Should you be buying Lexington Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lexington Gold include Hummingbird Resources (HUM), Petropavlovsk (POG), Cora Gold (CORA), Wishbone Gold (WSBN), Panthera Resources (PAT), Ariana Resources (AAU), Hamak Gold (HAMA), Oriole Resources (ORR), Goldplat (GDP), and Scotgold Resources (SGZ). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.

Lexington Gold vs. Its Competitors

Lexington Gold (LON:LEX) and Hummingbird Resources (LON:HUM) 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 institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Lexington Gold has a beta of -1.04, indicating that its stock price is 204% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hummingbird Resources has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Lexington Gold has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hummingbird Resources. Lexington Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hummingbird Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lexington GoldN/AN/A£495.33K-£0.00-2,600.00
Hummingbird Resources£349.27M0.00-£124.94M-£4.77N/A

11.4% of Hummingbird Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.2% of Lexington Gold shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 61.2% of Hummingbird Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Hummingbird Resources has a consensus price target of GBX 17, indicating a potential upside of 0.00%. Given Hummingbird Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hummingbird Resources is more favorable than Lexington Gold.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lexington Gold
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Hummingbird Resources
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Lexington Gold has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Hummingbird Resources' net margin of -35.77%. Lexington Gold's return on equity of 2.63% beat Hummingbird Resources' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lexington GoldN/A 2.63% -4.17%
Hummingbird Resources -35.77%-43.19%-3.03%

In the previous week, Hummingbird Resources had 4 more articles in the media than Lexington Gold. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Hummingbird Resources and 0 mentions for Lexington Gold. Lexington Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Hummingbird Resources' score of -0.15 indicating that Lexington Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Lexington Gold Neutral
Hummingbird Resources Neutral

Summary

Hummingbird Resources beats Lexington Gold on 10 of the 15 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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LEX vs. The Competition

MetricLexington GoldGold IndustryMaterials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£16.37M£2.79B£3.62B£2.58B
Dividend YieldN/A5.95%5.05%5.30%
P/E Ratio-2,600.00198.34158.125,404.14
Price / SalesN/A410.0316,465.7596,701.95
Price / Cash56.5022.1124.1827.93
Price / Book0.909.626.668.78
Net Income£495.33K£6.39M£149.17M£5.89B
7 Day PerformanceN/A2.81%2.00%0.56%
1 Month Performance4.56%17.86%10.54%44.71%
1 Year Performance4.00%67.70%44.96%174.03%

Lexington Gold Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LEX
Lexington Gold
N/AGBX 3.90
+2.6%
N/A+1.3%£16.37MN/A-2,600.00N/AGap Up
HUM
Hummingbird Resources
1.429 of 5 stars
N/AGBX 17
+∞
N/A£55.67M£349.27M-0.5567,100
POG
Petropavlovsk
N/AN/AN/AN/A£47.51M£817.75M120.008,860Gap Up
CORA
Cora Gold
N/AGBX 9.39
+4.3%
N/A+526.0%£45.52MN/A-3,237.9332News Coverage
WSBN
Wishbone Gold
N/AGBX 1.43
-0.7%
N/A+160.0%£37.11MN/A-520.00N/A
PAT
Panthera Resources
N/AGBX 12.10
+0.8%
N/A+89.1%£29.57MN/A-983.7411
AAU
Ariana Resources
N/AGBX 1.45
-4.9%
N/A-20.5%£28.19MN/A805.568News Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
HAMA
Hamak Gold
N/AGBX 4.61
-4.0%
N/A+328.8%£20.84MN/A-230.509News Coverage
High Trading Volume
ORR
Oriole Resources
N/AGBX 0.37
-2.1%
N/A+8.6%£14.49MN/A-3,720.0013High Trading Volume
GDP
Goldplat
N/AGBX 7.90
+1.9%
N/A+12.9%£13.49M£64.89M301.53458
SGZ
Scotgold Resources
N/AN/AN/AN/A£10.47M£20.84M-100.0096

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This page (LON:LEX) was last updated on 9/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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