GAU vs. ERO, BCB, LAC, IE, CXB, NEXA, ASM, RUP, SUM, and GGD
Should you be buying Galiano Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Galiano Gold include Ero Copper (ERO), Cott (BCB), Lithium Americas (LAC), Ivanhoe Electric (IE), Calibre Mining (CXB), Nexa Resources (NEXA), Avino Silver & Gold Mines (ASM), Rupert Resources (RUP), Solium Capital (SUM), and GoGold Resources (GGD). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.
Galiano Gold vs. Its Competitors
Galiano Gold (TSE:GAU) and Ero Copper (TSE:ERO) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
Galiano Gold presently has a consensus price target of C$2.50, indicating a potential downside of 35.40%. Ero Copper has a consensus price target of C$27.09, indicating a potential downside of 17.86%. Given Ero Copper's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ero Copper is more favorable than Galiano Gold.
Ero Copper has higher revenue and earnings than Galiano Gold. Galiano Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ero Copper, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Ero Copper had 6 more articles in the media than Galiano Gold. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Ero Copper and 1 mentions for Galiano Gold. Ero Copper's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Galiano Gold's score of 0.00 indicating that Ero Copper is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
33.5% of Galiano Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.6% of Ero Copper shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.1% of Galiano Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.4% of Ero Copper shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Galiano Gold has a beta of 1.741004, suggesting that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ero Copper has a beta of 1.521804, suggesting that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ero Copper has a net margin of 3.45% compared to Galiano Gold's net margin of -0.35%. Ero Copper's return on equity of 2.24% beat Galiano Gold's return on equity.
Summary
Ero Copper beats Galiano Gold on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:GAU) was last updated on 10/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
