THX vs. CEY, HOC, PAF, HGM, ACA, RSG, CMCL, MTL, AMRQ, and ALTN
Should you be buying Thor Explorations stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Thor Explorations include Centamin (CEY), Hochschild Mining (HOC), Pan African Resources (PAF), Highland Gold Mining Limited (HGM.L) (HGM), Acacia Mining (ACA), Resolute Mining (RSG), Caledonia Mining (CMCL), Metals Exploration (MTL), Amaroq Minerals (AMRQ), and AltynGold (ALTN). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Thor Explorations vs. Its Competitors
Centamin (LON:CEY) and Thor Explorations (LON:THX) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and dividends.
Centamin pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share. Thor Explorations pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Centamin pays out 6,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Thor Explorations pays out 4.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Thor Explorations is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
90.8% of Centamin shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.5% of Thor Explorations shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Centamin shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.6% of Thor Explorations shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Centamin's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Thor Explorations'average media sentiment score.
Centamin has higher revenue and earnings than Thor Explorations. Centamin is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Thor Explorations, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Thor Explorations has a consensus price target of GBX 39.50, suggesting a potential downside of 33.05%. Given Centamin's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Centamin is more favorable than Thor Explorations.
Centamin has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Thor Explorations has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Thor Explorations has a net margin of 35.77% compared to Centamin's net margin of 9.10%. Thor Explorations' return on equity of 38.93% beat Centamin's return on equity.
Summary
Thor Explorations beats Centamin on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:THX) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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