LEX vs. HUM, KEFI, POG, CORA, PAT, AAU, GDP, SGZ, GRL, and ORR
Should you be buying Lexington Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lexington Gold include Hummingbird Resources (HUM), KEFI Gold and Copper (KEFI), Petropavlovsk (POG), Cora Gold (CORA), Panthera Resources (PAT), Ariana Resources (AAU), Goldplat (GDP), Scotgold Resources (SGZ), Goldstone Resources (GRL), and Oriole Resources (ORR). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Lexington Gold vs.
Lexington Gold (LON:LEX) and Hummingbird Resources (LON:HUM) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Lexington Gold has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hummingbird Resources. Hummingbird Resources 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, Hummingbird Resources had 1 more articles in the media than Lexington Gold. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Hummingbird Resources and 0 mentions for Lexington Gold. Hummingbird Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Lexington Gold's score of 0.54 indicating that Hummingbird Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hummingbird Resources received 319 more outperform votes than Lexington Gold when rated by MarketBeat users.
Lexington Gold has a beta of -1.04, suggesting that its share price is 204% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hummingbird Resources has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
11.4% of Hummingbird Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 65.4% of Lexington Gold shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 61.2% of Hummingbird Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Summary
Hummingbird Resources beats Lexington Gold on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:LEX) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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