Thungela Resources (TGA) Competitors

Thungela Resources (LON:TGA) and MC Mining (LON:MCM) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and dividends.

Which has more risk and volatility, TGA or MCM?

Thungela Resources has a beta of -0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 184% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MC Mining has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in TGA or MCM?

44.9% of Thungela Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.5% of MC Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of Thungela Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 75.2% of MC Mining shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate TGA or MCM?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Thungela Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
MC Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TGA or MCM?

MC Mining received 92 more outperform votes than Thungela Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Thungela Resources an outperform vote while only 78.13% of users gave MC Mining an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Thungela Resources	Outperform Votes 8 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
MC Mining	Outperform Votes 100 78.13%	Underperform Votes 28 21.88%

Does the media prefer TGA or MCM?

In the previous week, Thungela Resources had 1 more articles in the media than MC Mining. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Thungela Resources and 0 mentions for MC Mining. Thungela Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat MC Mining's score of 0.00 indicating that Thungela Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Thungela Resources	Positive
MC Mining	Neutral

Is TGA or MCM more profitable?

Thungela Resources has a net margin of 10.20% compared to MC Mining's net margin of -15.80%. Thungela Resources' return on equity of 13.35% beat MC Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Thungela Resources	10.20%	13.35%	6.02%
MC Mining	-15.80%	-9.93%	-4.65%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, TGA or MCM?

Thungela Resources has higher revenue and earnings than MC Mining. MC Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Thungela Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Thungela Resources	£33.03B	0.02	£3.37B	£1.04	522.12
MC Mining	£55.97M	0.56	-£8.84M	-£0.02	-381.25

Summary

Thungela Resources beats MC Mining on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.