TNX vs. WPM, ABX, FNV, K, LUG, AGI, PAAS, OGC, YRI, and EDV
Should you be buying TRX Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TRX Gold include Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Barrick Gold (ABX), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Kinross Gold (K), Lundin Gold (LUG), Alamos Gold (AGI), Pan American Silver (PAAS), OceanaGold (OGC), Yamana Gold (YRI), and Endeavour Mining (EDV). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
TRX Gold vs. Its Competitors
Wheaton Precious Metals (TSE:WPM) and TRX Gold (TSE:TNX) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and risk.
Wheaton Precious Metals presently has a consensus price target of C$109.50, suggesting a potential downside of 11.87%. Given Wheaton Precious Metals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Wheaton Precious Metals is more favorable than TRX Gold.
In the previous week, Wheaton Precious Metals had 4 more articles in the media than TRX Gold. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Wheaton Precious Metals and 0 mentions for TRX Gold. Wheaton Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat TRX Gold's score of 0.00 indicating that Wheaton Precious Metals is being referred to more favorably in the media.
69.4% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.1% of TRX Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of TRX Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Wheaton Precious Metals has a net margin of 50.05% compared to TRX Gold's net margin of -5.86%. Wheaton Precious Metals' return on equity of 8.56% beat TRX Gold's return on equity.
Wheaton Precious Metals has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TRX Gold has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Wheaton Precious Metals has higher revenue and earnings than TRX Gold.
Summary
Wheaton Precious Metals beats TRX Gold on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:TNX) was last updated on 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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