Galiano Gold (GAU) Competitors

Galiano Gold (TSE:GAU) and Calibre Mining (TSE:CXB) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

Which has more risk & volatility, GAU or CXB?

Galiano Gold has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Calibre Mining has a beta of 2.08, indicating that its stock price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of GAU or CXB?

54.1% of Galiano Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.6% of Calibre Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.1% of Galiano Gold shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Calibre Mining shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GAU or CXB?

Calibre Mining received 15 more outperform votes than Galiano Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.57% of users gave Calibre Mining an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Galiano Gold an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Galiano Gold	Outperform Votes 13 33.33%	Underperform Votes 26 66.67%
Calibre Mining	Outperform Votes 28 59.57%	Underperform Votes 19 40.43%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, GAU or CXB?

Calibre Mining has higher revenue and earnings than Galiano Gold. Calibre Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Galiano Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Galiano Gold	C$95.66M	4.35	C$9.70M	C$0.07	23.14
Calibre Mining	C$564.69M	3.38	C$52.54M	C$0.14	17.29

Does the media favor GAU or CXB?

In the previous week, Galiano Gold had 11 more articles in the media than Calibre Mining. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Galiano Gold and 8 mentions for Calibre Mining. Calibre Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Galiano Gold's score of -0.11 indicating that Calibre Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Galiano Gold	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Calibre Mining	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer GAU or CXB?

Galiano Gold presently has a consensus target price of C$2.75, indicating a potential upside of 69.75%. Calibre Mining has a consensus target price of C$3.40, indicating a potential upside of 40.50%. Given Galiano Gold's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Galiano Gold is more favorable than Calibre Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Galiano Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Calibre Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.25

Is GAU or CXB more profitable?

Galiano Gold has a net margin of 10.14% compared to Calibre Mining's net margin of 9.30%. Calibre Mining's return on equity of 7.54% beat Galiano Gold's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Galiano Gold	10.14%	4.46%	0.81%
Calibre Mining	9.30%	7.54%	6.25%

Summary

Calibre Mining beats Galiano Gold on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.