K92 Mining (KNT) Competitors

Torex Gold Resources (TSE:TXG) and K92 Mining (TSE:KNT) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, community ranking and valuation.

Which has more risk and volatility, TXG or KNT?

Torex Gold Resources has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, K92 Mining has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TXG or KNT more profitable?

Torex Gold Resources has a net margin of 23.16% compared to Torex Gold Resources' net margin of 16.56%. K92 Mining's return on equity of 14.68% beat Torex Gold Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Torex Gold Resources	23.16%	14.68%	7.93%
K92 Mining	16.56%	10.05%	8.62%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TXG or KNT?

Torex Gold Resources received 268 more outperform votes than K92 Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 85.29% of users gave K92 Mining an outperform vote while only 56.04% of users gave Torex Gold Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Torex Gold Resources	Outperform Votes 297 56.04%	Underperform Votes 233 43.96%
K92 Mining	Outperform Votes 29 85.29%	Underperform Votes 5 14.71%

Do analysts recommend TXG or KNT?

Torex Gold Resources currently has a consensus price target of C$24.68, indicating a potential upside of 21.09%. Given K92 Mining's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Torex Gold Resources is more favorable than K92 Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Torex Gold Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
K92 Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, TXG or KNT?

Torex Gold Resources has higher revenue and earnings than K92 Mining. Torex Gold Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than K92 Mining, 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
Torex Gold Resources	C$882.60M	1.99	C$204.40M	C$3.18	6.41
K92 Mining	C$200.26M	9.01	C$33.16M	C$0.19	40.37

Does the media prefer TXG or KNT?

In the previous week, K92 Mining had 7 more articles in the media than Torex Gold Resources. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for K92 Mining and 7 mentions for Torex Gold Resources. K92 Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Torex Gold Resources' score of 0.06 indicating that Torex Gold Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Torex Gold Resources	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
K92 Mining	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in TXG or KNT?

65.2% of Torex Gold Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.0% of K92 Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Torex Gold Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of K92 Mining shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Torex Gold Resources beats K92 Mining on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.