WRN vs. NEXA, LAC, SGML, ASM, EU, DC, LZM, LAR, LAAC, 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 Argentina (LAR), Lithium Americas (Argentina) (LAAC), 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
Western Copper & Gold (NYSE:WRN) and Nexa Resources (NYSE:NEXA) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.
22.0% of Western Copper & Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 4.6% of Western Copper & Gold shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Western Copper & Gold currently has a consensus target price of $4.25, suggesting a potential upside of 229.46%. Nexa Resources has a consensus target price of $6.46, suggesting a potential upside of 31.30%. Given Western Copper & Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Western Copper & Gold is more favorable than Nexa Resources.
Nexa Resources received 269 more outperform votes than Western Copper & Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.83% of users gave Nexa Resources an outperform vote while only 57.14% of users gave Western Copper & Gold an outperform vote.
Western Copper & Gold has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nexa Resources has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Western Copper & Gold has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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, Nexa Resources had 5 more articles in the media than Western Copper & Gold. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Nexa Resources and 0 mentions for Western Copper & Gold. Western Copper & Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Nexa Resources' score of -0.47 indicating that Western Copper & Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Western Copper & Gold has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Nexa Resources' net margin of -7.37%. Western Copper & Gold's return on equity of -3.53% beat Nexa Resources' return on equity.
Summary
Western Copper & Gold beats Nexa Resources on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:WRN) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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