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Western Copper & Gold (WRN) Competitors

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$1.85 +0.02 (+1.09%)
As of 09/25/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

WRN vs. AESI, MTAL, ASM, LAC, NEXA, CRML, SGML, DC, LAAC, and EU

Should you be buying Western Copper & Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Copper & Gold include Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI), MAC Copper (MTAL), Avino Silver & Gold Mines (ASM), Lithium Americas (LAC), Nexa Resources (NEXA), Critical Metals (CRML), Sigma Lithium (SGML), Dakota Gold (DC), Lithium Americas (Argentina) (LAAC), and enCore Energy (EU). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.

Western Copper & Gold vs. Its Competitors

Atlas Energy Solutions (NYSE:AESI) and Western Copper & Gold (NYSE:WRN) are both small-cap non-metallic and industrial metal mining companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

34.6% of Atlas Energy Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.0% of Western Copper & Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.0% of Atlas Energy Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of Western Copper & Gold shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Atlas Energy Solutions has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Copper & Gold has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Atlas Energy Solutions presently has a consensus price target of $18.83, suggesting a potential upside of 62.27%. Western Copper & Gold has a consensus price target of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 116.22%. Given Western Copper & Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Western Copper & Gold is more favorable than Atlas Energy Solutions.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Atlas Energy Solutions
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.36
Western Copper & Gold
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.33

Atlas Energy Solutions has a net margin of 1.20% compared to Western Copper & Gold's net margin of 0.00%. Atlas Energy Solutions' return on equity of 3.11% beat Western Copper & Gold's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Atlas Energy Solutions1.20% 3.11% 1.71%
Western Copper & Gold N/A -3.53%-3.45%

In the previous week, Atlas Energy Solutions had 4 more articles in the media than Western Copper & Gold. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Atlas Energy Solutions and 0 mentions for Western Copper & Gold. Atlas Energy Solutions' average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Western Copper & Gold's score of 0.00 indicating that Atlas Energy Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Atlas Energy Solutions Positive
Western Copper & Gold Neutral

Atlas Energy Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Western Copper & Gold. Western Copper & Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atlas Energy Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Atlas Energy Solutions$1.06B1.36$59.94M$0.1482.90
Western Copper & GoldN/AN/A-$2.47M-$0.01-185.00

Summary

Atlas Energy Solutions beats Western Copper & Gold on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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WRN vs. The Competition

MetricWestern Copper & GoldMetal mining IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$373.06M$2.71B$3.65B$21.61B
Dividend YieldN/A3.18%5.05%3.52%
P/E Ratio-92.5019.36162.4929.18
Price / SalesN/A170.5319,964.0959.53
Price / CashN/A18.6626.0324.32
Price / Book2.981.986.774.52
Net Income-$2.47M$219.35M$149.17M$1.00B
7 Day Performance5.11%6.19%2.69%-0.84%
1 Month Performance30.28%13.79%12.09%1.80%
1 Year Performance50.41%42.81%48.10%12.54%

Western Copper & Gold Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WRN
Western Copper & Gold
1.2267 of 5 stars
$1.85
+1.1%
$4.00
+116.2%
+46.8%$373.06MN/A-92.508
AESI
Atlas Energy Solutions
3.6175 of 5 stars
$10.81
+0.1%
$18.83
+74.2%
-49.0%$1.34B$1.06B77.221,143
MTAL
MAC Copper
1.489 of 5 stars
$12.21
+0.2%
$12.63
+3.4%
-9.0%$1.00B$340.74M0.002,021Positive News
Analyst Revision
ASM
Avino Silver & Gold Mines
1.5237 of 5 stars
$4.60
+5.3%
$3.10
-32.6%
+306.8%$694.89M$79.64M230.1234
LAC
Lithium Americas
1.0619 of 5 stars
$3.19
+11.5%
$4.15
+30.1%
+205.0%$691.16MN/A-13.87749Trending News
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
NEXA
Nexa Resources
2.4337 of 5 stars
$5.13
+3.3%
$5.70
+11.2%
-29.8%$656.90M$2.79B-7.545,253High Trading Volume
CRML
Critical Metals
N/A$6.69
+7.6%
N/A+7.3%$613.30MN/A0.004Gap Down
SGML
Sigma Lithium
3.12 of 5 stars
$5.81
+7.4%
$12.00
+106.5%
-39.2%$602.20M$152.36M-13.20250
DC
Dakota Gold
2.1209 of 5 stars
$4.90
+1.9%
$10.50
+114.3%
+83.8%$550.49MN/A-11.9520High Trading Volume
LAAC
Lithium Americas (Argentina)
N/A$3.02
-3.2%
N/A+19.0%$489.04MN/A0.39850Gap Up
EU
enCore Energy
2.3301 of 5 stars
$2.52
+13.0%
$4.00
+58.7%
-25.3%$417.22M$58.33M-7.20N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
Options Volume
Gap Down

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