WRN vs. NEXA, LAC, SGML, ASM, EU, DC, LZM, LAAC, CRML, and NMG
Should you be buying Western Copper & Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Copper & Gold include Nexa Resources (NEXA), Lithium Americas (LAC), Sigma Lithium (SGML), Avino Silver & Gold Mines (ASM), enCore Energy (EU), Dakota Gold (DC), Lifezone Metals (LZM), Lithium Americas (Argentina) (LAAC), Critical Metals (CRML), and Nouveau Monde Graphite (NMG). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.
Western Copper & Gold vs. Its Competitors
Nexa Resources (NYSE:NEXA) and Western Copper & Gold (NYSE:WRN) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Nexa Resources has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Copper & Gold has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
22.0% of Western Copper & Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.6% of Western Copper & Gold shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Western Copper & Gold has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Nexa Resources' net margin of -5.97%. Western Copper & Gold's return on equity of -3.53% beat Nexa Resources' return on equity.
Western Copper & Gold has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Nexa Resources. Western Copper & Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nexa Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Western Copper & Gold had 2 more articles in the media than Nexa Resources. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Western Copper & Gold and 1 mentions for Nexa Resources. Nexa Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.19 beat Western Copper & Gold's score of 0.00 indicating that Nexa Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Nexa Resources presently has a consensus price target of $6.46, suggesting a potential upside of 30.77%. Western Copper & Gold has a consensus price target of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 220.00%. Given Western Copper & Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Western Copper & Gold is more favorable than Nexa Resources.
Summary
Western Copper & Gold beats Nexa Resources on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:WRN) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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