MTL vs. THX, AAZ, SHG, CMCL, SAV, HUM, CNR, SRB, KEFI, and ALTN
Should you be buying Metals Exploration stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Metals Exploration include Thor Explorations (THX), Anglo Asian Mining (AAZ), Shanta Gold (SHG), Caledonia Mining (CMCL), Savannah Resources (SAV), Hummingbird Resources (HUM), Condor Gold (CNR), Serabi Gold (SRB), KEFI Gold and Copper (KEFI), and AltynGold (ALTN). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Metals Exploration (LON:MTL) and Thor Explorations (LON:THX) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations and risk.
Metals Exploration has a beta of 0.27, meaning that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Thor Explorations has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
10.5% of Metals Exploration shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.7% of Thor Explorations shares are owned by institutional investors. 67.0% of Metals Exploration shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.1% of Thor Explorations 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.
Metals Exploration has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Thor Explorations. Metals Exploration is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Thor Explorations, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Metals Exploration has a net margin of 28.74% compared to Thor Explorations' net margin of 13.70%. Metals Exploration's return on equity of 138.42% beat Thor Explorations' return on equity.
Metals Exploration received 101 more outperform votes than Thor Explorations when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Thor Explorations an outperform vote while only 86.89% of users gave Metals Exploration an outperform vote.
Thor Explorations has a consensus target price of GBX 32.50, suggesting a potential upside of 109.68%. Given Thor Explorations' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Thor Explorations is more favorable than Metals Exploration.
In the previous week, Metals Exploration had 2 more articles in the media than Thor Explorations. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Metals Exploration and 0 mentions for Thor Explorations. Metals Exploration's average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Thor Explorations' score of 0.00 indicating that Metals Exploration is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Metals Exploration beats Thor Explorations on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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