Liberty Gold (LGD) Competitors

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.

Which has better valuation & earnings, ME or LGD?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Moneta Gold	N/A	N/A	-C$17.85M	-C$0.34	-4.29
Liberty Gold	N/A	N/A	-C$22.11M	-C$0.10	-3.25

Which has more risk and volatility, ME or LGD?

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.

Does the media refer more to ME or LGD?

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.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Moneta Gold	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Liberty Gold	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend ME or LGD?

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.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Moneta Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50
Liberty Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is ME or LGD more profitable?

Liberty Gold's return on equity of -28.67% beat Moneta Gold's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Moneta Gold	N/A	-28.67%	-20.13%
Liberty Gold	N/A	-53.91%	-29.83%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ME or LGD?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Moneta Gold	Outperform Votes 73 68.22%	Underperform Votes 34 31.78%
Liberty Gold	Outperform Votes 155 75.61%	Underperform Votes 50 24.39%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of ME or LGD?

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.