WRN vs. MTAL, SGML, LAC, ASM, NEXA, CRML, LAAC, DC, EU, and LZM
Should you be buying Western Copper & Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Copper & Gold include MAC Copper (MTAL), Sigma Lithium (SGML), Lithium Americas (LAC), Avino Silver & Gold Mines (ASM), Nexa Resources (NEXA), Critical Metals (CRML), Lithium Americas (Argentina) (LAAC), Dakota Gold (DC), enCore Energy (EU), and Lifezone Metals (LZM). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.
Western Copper & Gold vs. Its Competitors
Western Copper & Gold (NYSE:WRN) and MAC Copper (NYSE:MTAL) 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 media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Western Copper & Gold currently has a consensus target price of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 168.46%. MAC Copper has a consensus target price of $12.63, indicating a potential upside of 3.87%. Given Western Copper & Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Western Copper & Gold is more favorable than MAC Copper.
22.0% of Western Copper & Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.5% of MAC Copper shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.6% of Western Copper & Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of MAC Copper shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
MAC Copper's return on equity of 0.00% beat Western Copper & Gold's return on equity.
In the previous week, MAC Copper had 3 more articles in the media than Western Copper & Gold. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for MAC Copper and 1 mentions for Western Copper & Gold. Western Copper & Gold's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat MAC Copper's score of 1.08 indicating that Western Copper & Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Western Copper & Gold has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MAC Copper has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Western Copper & Gold has higher earnings, but lower revenue than MAC Copper.
Summary
Western Copper & Gold beats MAC Copper on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:WRN) was last updated on 9/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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