K92 Mining (KNT) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer KNT or LUG?

Lundin Gold has a consensus target price of C$28.33, indicating a potential downside of 13.30%. Given Lundin Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lundin Gold is more favorable than K92 Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
K92 Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Lundin Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Does the MarketBeat Community favor KNT or LUG?

Lundin Gold received 200 more outperform votes than K92 Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 82.86% of users gave K92 Mining an outperform vote while only 59.33% of users gave Lundin Gold an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
K92 Mining	Outperform Votes 29 82.86%	Underperform Votes 6 17.14%
Lundin Gold	Outperform Votes 229 59.33%	Underperform Votes 157 40.67%

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

57.4% of K92 Mining shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.8% of Lundin Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of K92 Mining shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 58.7% of Lundin Gold shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, KNT or LUG?

K92 Mining has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lundin Gold has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, KNT or LUG?

Lundin Gold has higher revenue and earnings than K92 Mining. Lundin Gold 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
K92 Mining	C$215.72M	10.51	C$28.57M	C$0.16	59.69
Lundin Gold	C$930.03M	8.57	C$226.03M	C$1.29	25.73

Does the media favor KNT or LUG?

In the previous week, K92 Mining and K92 Mining both had 11 articles in the media. Lundin Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat K92 Mining's score of 0.22 indicating that Lundin Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Is KNT or LUG more profitable?

Lundin Gold has a net margin of 24.30% compared to K92 Mining's net margin of 13.24%. Lundin Gold's return on equity of 22.88% beat K92 Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
K92 Mining	13.24%	8.25%	7.49%
Lundin Gold	24.30%	22.88%	17.59%

Summary

Lundin Gold beats K92 Mining on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.