LGD vs. ME, G, VGZ, FF, STGO, LN, XTG, and TMQ
Should you be buying Liberty Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Liberty Gold include Moneta Gold (ME), Augusta Gold (G), Vista Gold (VGZ), First Mining Gold (FF), Steppe Gold (STGO), Loncor Gold (LN), Xtra-Gold Resources (XTG), and Trilogy Metals (TMQ). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Moneta Gold (TSE:ME) and Liberty Gold (TSE:LGD) 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 analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, profitability, valuation and earnings.
Moneta Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Liberty Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Moneta Gold has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty Gold has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Moneta Gold had 4 more articles in the media than Liberty Gold. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Moneta Gold and 1 mentions for Liberty Gold. Moneta Gold's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Liberty Gold's score of 0.37 indicating that Liberty Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Moneta Gold currently has a consensus price target of C$3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 105.48%. Liberty Gold has a consensus price target of C$1.23, suggesting a potential upside of 271.21%. Given Moneta Gold's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Liberty Gold is more favorable than Moneta Gold.
Liberty Gold's return on equity of -28.67% beat Moneta Gold's return on equity.
Liberty Gold received 82 more outperform votes than Moneta Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.61% of users gave Liberty Gold an outperform vote while only 68.22% of users gave Moneta Gold an outperform vote.
8.5% of Moneta Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.2% of Liberty Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 20.9% of Moneta Gold shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Liberty Gold shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Moneta Gold and Liberty Gold tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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