THX vs. PAF, HGM, ACA, RSG, AMRQ, MTL, CMCL, AAZ, ALTN, and SRB
Should you be buying Thor Explorations stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Thor Explorations include Pan African Resources (PAF), Highland Gold Mining Limited (HGM.L) (HGM), Acacia Mining (ACA), Resolute Mining (RSG), Amaroq Minerals (AMRQ), Metals Exploration (MTL), Caledonia Mining (CMCL), Anglo Asian Mining (AAZ), AltynGold (ALTN), and Serabi Gold (SRB). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Thor Explorations vs. Its Competitors
Thor Explorations (LON:THX) and Pan African Resources (LON:PAF) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and earnings.
Thor Explorations presently has a consensus target price of GBX 34, suggesting a potential downside of 20.19%. Pan African Resources has a consensus target price of GBX 53, suggesting a potential downside of 3.50%. Given Pan African Resources' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Pan African Resources is more favorable than Thor Explorations.
In the previous week, Pan African Resources had 2 more articles in the media than Thor Explorations. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Pan African Resources and 0 mentions for Thor Explorations. Thor Explorations' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Pan African Resources' score of -0.52 indicating that Thor Explorations is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Thor Explorations has a net margin of 35.77% compared to Pan African Resources' net margin of 21.95%. Thor Explorations' return on equity of 38.93% beat Pan African Resources' return on equity.
31.6% of Thor Explorations shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.5% of Pan African Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 12.1% of Thor Explorations shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.7% of Pan African Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Thor Explorations has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Pan African Resources. Thor Explorations is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pan African Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Thor Explorations has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pan African Resources has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Pan African Resources beats Thor Explorations on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:THX) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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