SKE vs. AOT, MDI, WRN, ETG, FAR, NDM, FVL, ALS, FSY, and SMT
Should you be buying Skeena Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Skeena Resources include Ascot Resources (AOT), Major Drilling Group International (MDI), Western Copper and Gold (WRN), Entrée Resources (ETG), Foraco International (FAR), Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM), Freegold Ventures (FVL), Altius Minerals (ALS), Forsys Metals (FSY), and Sierra Metals (SMT). These companies are all part of the "other industrial metals & mining" industry.
Ascot Resources (TSE:AOT) and Skeena Resources (TSE:SKE) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Ascot Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Skeena Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Skeena Resources had 1 more articles in the media than Ascot Resources. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Skeena Resources and 1 mentions for Ascot Resources. Ascot Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Skeena Resources' score of -0.60 indicating that Skeena Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Skeena Resources received 2 more outperform votes than Ascot Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 96.97% of users gave Skeena Resources an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave Ascot Resources an outperform vote.
Ascot Resources presently has a consensus target price of C$0.92, suggesting a potential upside of 14.58%. Skeena Resources has a consensus target price of C$15.86, suggesting a potential upside of 147.38%. Given Ascot Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Skeena Resources is more favorable than Ascot Resources.
20.6% of Ascot Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.0% of Skeena Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.8% of Ascot Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Skeena Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Skeena Resources' return on equity of -5.51% beat Ascot Resources' return on equity.
Ascot Resources has a beta of 1.54, meaning that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Skeena Resources has a beta of 1.67, meaning that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Skeena Resources beats Ascot Resources on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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