MTL vs. HGM, PAF, ACA, RSG, AMRQ, CMCL, THX, AAZ, SRB, and SHG
Should you be buying Metals Exploration stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Metals Exploration include Highland Gold Mining Limited (HGM.L) (HGM), Pan African Resources (PAF), Acacia Mining (ACA), Resolute Mining (RSG), Amaroq Minerals (AMRQ), Caledonia Mining (CMCL), Thor Explorations (THX), Anglo Asian Mining (AAZ), Serabi Gold (SRB), and Shanta Gold (SHG). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Metals Exploration vs. Its Competitors
Highland Gold Mining Limited (HGM.L) (LON:HGM) and Metals Exploration (LON:MTL) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, risk, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Metals Exploration has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Highland Gold Mining Limited (HGM.L). Highland Gold Mining Limited (HGM.L) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Metals Exploration, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
12.0% of Metals Exploration shares are held by institutional investors. 65.0% of Metals Exploration shares are held by 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, Metals Exploration had 2 more articles in the media than Highland Gold Mining Limited (HGM.L). MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Metals Exploration and 0 mentions for Highland Gold Mining Limited (HGM.L). Metals Exploration's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Highland Gold Mining Limited (HGM.L)'s score of 0.00 indicating that Metals Exploration is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Highland Gold Mining Limited (HGM.L) received 176 more outperform votes than Metals Exploration when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 86.89% of users gave Metals Exploration an outperform vote while only 83.68% of users gave Highland Gold Mining Limited (HGM.L) an outperform vote.
Metals Exploration has a net margin of 83.77% compared to Highland Gold Mining Limited (HGM.L)'s net margin of 0.00%. Metals Exploration's return on equity of 86.94% beat Highland Gold Mining Limited (HGM.L)'s return on equity.
Summary
Metals Exploration beats Highland Gold Mining Limited (HGM.L) on 8 of the 12 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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This page (LON:MTL) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
