AOT vs. SKE, WRN, ETG, FAR, NDM, FVL, FSY, SMT, MDI, and AII
Should you be buying Ascot Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ascot Resources include Skeena Resources (SKE), Western Copper and Gold (WRN), Entrée Resources (ETG), Foraco International (FAR), Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM), Freegold Ventures (FVL), Forsys Metals (FSY), Sierra Metals (SMT), Major Drilling Group International (MDI), and Almonty Industries (AII). These companies are all part of the "other industrial metals & mining" industry.
Ascot Resources (TSE:AOT) and Skeena Resources (TSE:SKE) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Ascot Resources presently has a consensus target price of C$0.95, suggesting a potential upside of 28.38%. Skeena Resources has a consensus target price of C$16.39, suggesting a potential upside of 158.56%. Given Skeena Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Skeena Resources is more favorable than Ascot Resources.
Skeena Resources received 1 more outperform votes than Ascot Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 91.43% of users gave Skeena Resources an outperform vote while only 60.78% of users gave Ascot Resources an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Ascot Resources and Ascot Resources both had 9 articles in the media. Ascot Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Skeena Resources' score of 0.28 indicating that Ascot Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ascot Resources has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Skeena Resources has a beta of 1.67, indicating that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ascot Resources' return on equity of -5.51% beat Skeena Resources' return on equity.
20.6% of Ascot Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.0% of Skeena Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.8% of Ascot Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Skeena Resources 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.
Ascot Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Skeena Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Skeena Resources beats Ascot Resources on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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