LGD vs. RIO, RML, TMR, THX, ELO, PRB, BGM, WAF, GOLD, and GSV
Should you be buying Liberty Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Liberty Gold include Rio2 (RIO), Rusoro Mining (RML), TMAC Resources (TMR), Thor Explorations (THX), Eloro Resources (ELO), Probe Gold (PRB), Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd. (BGM.V) (BGM), West African Resources Limited (WAF.V) (WAF), GoldMining (GOLD), and Gold Standard Ventures (GSV). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Liberty Gold vs.
Rio2 (CVE:RIO) and Liberty Gold (TSE:LGD) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and valuation.
16.9% of Rio2 shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.6% of Liberty Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.1% of Rio2 shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Liberty Gold shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Liberty Gold received 129 more outperform votes than Rio2 when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.00% of users gave Liberty Gold an outperform vote while only 64.29% of users gave Rio2 an outperform vote.
Rio2's return on equity of -18.12% beat Liberty Gold's return on equity.
In the previous week, Liberty Gold had 1 more articles in the media than Rio2. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Liberty Gold and 0 mentions for Rio2. Rio2's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Liberty Gold'saverage media sentiment score.
Rio2 has a beta of 2.36, indicating that its stock price is 136% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty Gold has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Rio2 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Liberty Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Rio2 presently has a consensus price target of C$1.10, indicating a potential upside of 1.85%. Liberty Gold has a consensus price target of C$3.25, indicating a potential upside of 983.33%. Given Liberty Gold's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Liberty Gold is more favorable than Rio2.
Summary
Liberty Gold beats Rio2 on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:LGD) was last updated on 5/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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