LN vs. XTG, STGO, TML, and CCM
Should you be buying Loncor Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Loncor Gold include Xtra-Gold Resources (XTG), Steppe Gold (STGO), Treasury Metals (TML), and Canagold Resources (CCM). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Loncor Gold (TSE:LN) and Xtra-Gold Resources (TSE:XTG) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and profitability.
8.0% of Loncor Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 47.9% of Loncor Gold shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.6% of Xtra-Gold Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Xtra-Gold Resources had 1 more articles in the media than Loncor Gold. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Xtra-Gold Resources and 0 mentions for Loncor Gold. Loncor Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Xtra-Gold Resources'average media sentiment score.
Loncor Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Xtra-Gold Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Xtra-Gold Resources' return on equity of 15.57% beat Loncor Gold's return on equity.
Loncor Gold has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xtra-Gold Resources has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Xtra-Gold Resources received 36 more outperform votes than Loncor Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave Loncor Gold an outperform vote while only 67.24% of users gave Xtra-Gold Resources an outperform vote.
Summary
Xtra-Gold Resources beats Loncor Gold on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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