LEX vs. CGH, ORR, GDP, PAT, CORA, XTR, KEFI, AAU, CGNR, and ALTN
Should you be buying Lexington Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lexington Gold include Chaarat Gold (CGH), Oriole Resources (ORR), Goldplat (GDP), Panthera Resources (PAT), Cora Gold (CORA), Xtract Resources (XTR), KEFI Gold and Copper (KEFI), Ariana Resources (AAU), Conroy Gold and Natural Resources (CGNR), and AltynGold (ALTN). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Chaarat Gold (LON:CGH) and Lexington Gold (LON:LEX) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.
Chaarat Gold has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lexington Gold has a beta of -0.93, suggesting that its share price is 193% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Chaarat Gold received 171 more outperform votes than Lexington Gold when rated by MarketBeat users.
Lexington Gold has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Lexington Gold's net margin of -40.85%. Chaarat Gold's return on equity of -21.58% beat Lexington Gold's return on equity.
6.2% of Chaarat Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 57.2% of Chaarat Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 60.6% of Lexington Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Lexington Gold had 2 more articles in the media than Chaarat Gold. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Lexington Gold and 0 mentions for Chaarat Gold. Chaarat Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Lexington Gold's score of 0.00 indicating that Lexington Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Lexington Gold has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Chaarat Gold.
Chaarat Gold currently has a consensus target price of GBX 70, indicating a potential upside of 2,293.16%. Given Lexington Gold's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Chaarat Gold is more favorable than Lexington Gold.
Summary
Chaarat Gold beats Lexington Gold on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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