THX vs. MTL, AAZ, SAV, CNR, HUM, SRB, SHG, ALTN, AAU, and KEFI
Should you be buying Thor Explorations stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Thor Explorations include Metals Exploration (MTL), Anglo Asian Mining (AAZ), Savannah Resources (SAV), Condor Gold (CNR), Hummingbird Resources (HUM), Serabi Gold (SRB), Shanta Gold (SHG), AltynGold (ALTN), Ariana Resources (AAU), and KEFI Gold and Copper (KEFI). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Thor Explorations (LON:THX) and Metals Exploration (LON:MTL) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation and earnings.
Thor Explorations presently has a consensus target price of GBX 32.50, suggesting a potential upside of 116.67%. Given Thor Explorations' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Thor Explorations is more favorable than Metals Exploration.
Metals Exploration has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
In the previous week, Metals Exploration had 2 more articles in the media than Thor Explorations. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Metals Exploration and 2 mentions for Thor Explorations. Metals Exploration's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Thor Explorations' score of 0.20 indicating that Metals Exploration is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
29.7% of Thor Explorations shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.5% of Metals Exploration shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.1% of Thor Explorations shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 67.0% of Metals Exploration shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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 beta of 1.61, suggesting that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Metals Exploration has a beta of 0.27, suggesting that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Summary
Metals Exploration beats Thor Explorations on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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