LEX vs. HUM, POG, CORA, WSBN, AAU, PAT, 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), Ariana Resources (AAU), Panthera Resources (PAT), 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
Hummingbird Resources (LON:HUM) and Lexington Gold (LON:LEX) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
11.4% of Hummingbird Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 61.2% of Hummingbird Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Lexington Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Lexington Gold has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Hummingbird Resources has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lexington Gold has a beta of -1.04, suggesting that its stock price is 204% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
In the previous week, Hummingbird Resources had 1 more articles in the media than Lexington Gold. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Hummingbird Resources and 1 mentions for Lexington Gold. Lexington Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat Hummingbird Resources' score of 0.02 indicating that Lexington Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hummingbird Resources presently has a consensus target price of GBX 17, indicating a potential upside of 0.00%. Given Hummingbird Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Hummingbird Resources is more favorable than Lexington Gold.
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
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (LON:LEX) was last updated on 9/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
