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Lexington Gold (LEX) Competitors

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GBX 3.44 -0.06 (-1.71%)
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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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lexington GoldN/AN/A£495.33K£0.0844.50
Hummingbird Resources£349.27M0.00-£124.94M-£4.77N/A

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.

Company Overall Sentiment
Lexington Gold Positive
Hummingbird Resources Positive

Hummingbird Resources received 319 more outperform votes than Lexington Gold when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Lexington GoldN/AN/A
Hummingbird ResourcesOutperform Votes
319
66.46%
Underperform Votes
161
33.54%

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.

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

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.

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

Summary

Hummingbird Resources beats Lexington Gold on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LEX vs. The Competition

MetricLexington GoldGold IndustryMaterials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£17.39M£1.53B£3.08B£2.62B
Dividend YieldN/A5.99%5.21%5.05%
P/E Ratio44.50320.1267.88129.34
Price / SalesN/A193,671,770,752,902,000.0025,591,212,775,269,400.00221,585.85
Price / Cash56.5022.0524.3428.03
Price / Book0.795.795.213.79
Net Income£495,332.15£8.85M£156.48M£5.88B
7 Day Performance5.65%2.13%2.45%0.62%
1 Month Performance-6.78%0.94%5.51%22.12%
1 Year Performance-32.28%31.52%16.98%120.95%

Lexington Gold Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LEX
Lexington Gold
N/AGBX 3.44
-1.7%
N/A-34.8%£17.39MN/A44.50N/AGap Up
HUM
Hummingbird Resources
1.8215 of 5 stars
N/AGBX 17
+∞
N/A£55.67M£349.27M-0.5567,100
KEFI
KEFI Gold and Copper
N/AGBX 0.65
+2.9%
N/A-19.2%£51.77MN/A-8.0560Positive News
POG
Petropavlovsk
N/AN/AN/AN/A£47.51M£817.75M120.008,860Gap Up
CORA
Cora Gold
N/AGBX 8.15
-1.2%
N/A+290.2%£46.12MN/A-52.7632
PAT
Panthera Resources
N/AGBX 17.98
-0.1%
N/A+103.9%£46.05MN/A-18,002.0011
AAU
Ariana Resources
N/AGBX 1.22
+1.4%
N/A-60.0%£23.45MN/A45,074.078
GDP
Goldplat
N/AGBX 6.41
-3.6%
N/A-21.2%£10.76MN/A641.00458Gap Down
SGZ
Scotgold Resources
N/AN/AN/AN/A£10.47M£20.84M-100.0096
GRL
Goldstone Resources
N/AGBX 0.93
flat
N/AN/A£10.42M£9.82M-4.3930
ORR
Oriole Resources
N/AGBX 0.23
+1.8%
N/A-30.7%£8.69MN/A-23.6513News Coverage
Gap Down

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This page (LON:LEX) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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