New Gold (NGD) Competitors

New Gold (NYSE:NGD) and Summit Materials (NYSE:SUM) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, risk, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Which has more volatility & risk, NGD or SUM?

New Gold has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Summit Materials has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of NGD or SUM?

42.8% of New Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of New Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Summit Materials shares are owned 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.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, NGD or SUM?

Summit Materials has higher revenue and earnings than New Gold. New Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Summit Materials, 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
New Gold	$941.50M	4.04	-$64.50M	$0.17	28.29
Summit Materials	$2.62B	3.52	$289.63M	$0.82	64.07

Is NGD or SUM more profitable?

New Gold has a net margin of 11.10% compared to Summit Materials' net margin of 3.92%. New Gold's return on equity of 13.70% beat Summit Materials' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
New Gold	11.10%	13.70%	6.31%
Summit Materials	3.92%	6.90%	3.52%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NGD or SUM?

Summit Materials received 402 more outperform votes than New Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.86% of users gave New Gold an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave Summit Materials an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
New Gold	Outperform Votes 24 64.86%	Underperform Votes 13 35.14%
Summit Materials	Outperform Votes 426 60.00%	Underperform Votes 284 40.00%

Do analysts rate NGD or SUM?

New Gold presently has a consensus price target of $4.13, indicating a potential downside of 14.07%. Summit Materials has a consensus price target of $50.82, indicating a potential downside of 3.28%. Given Summit Materials' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Summit Materials is more favorable than New Gold.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
New Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.14
Summit Materials	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.23

Does the media favor NGD or SUM?

In the previous week, New Gold had 2 more articles in the media than Summit Materials. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for New Gold and 1 mentions for Summit Materials. New Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Summit Materials' score of 0.00 indicating that New Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
New Gold	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Summit Materials	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

New Gold beats Summit Materials on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.