TXG vs. GIGA, ST, AME, LAB, PRE, DAP, WFT, LUG, BTO, and OR
Should you be buying Torex Gold Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Torex Gold Resources include Giga Metals (GIGA), Stonegate Agricom (ST), Abacus Mining & Exploration (AME), 23448 (LAB.TO) (LAB), Frontera Energy (PRE), XPEL Technologies (DAP), West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO) (WFT), Lundin Gold (LUG), B2Gold (BTO), and Osisko Gold Royalties (OR).
Torex Gold Resources (TSE:TXG) and Giga Metals (CVE:GIGA) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.
Torex Gold Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Giga Metals. Giga Metals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Torex Gold Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
66.1% of Torex Gold Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.1% of Giga Metals shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Torex Gold Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Giga Metals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Torex Gold Resources has a net margin of 20.14% compared to Giga Metals' net margin of 0.00%. Torex Gold Resources' return on equity of 12.37% beat Giga Metals' return on equity.
Torex Gold Resources received 271 more outperform votes than Giga Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.23% of users gave Giga Metals an outperform vote while only 55.39% of users gave Torex Gold Resources an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Torex Gold Resources had 14 more articles in the media than Giga Metals. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Torex Gold Resources and 0 mentions for Giga Metals. Torex Gold Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.19 beat Giga Metals' score of 0.00 indicating that Torex Gold Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Torex Gold Resources presently has a consensus price target of C$26.56, indicating a potential upside of 24.71%. Giga Metals has a consensus price target of C$0.95, indicating a potential upside of 458.82%. Given Giga Metals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Giga Metals is more favorable than Torex Gold Resources.
Torex Gold Resources has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Giga Metals has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Torex Gold Resources beats Giga Metals on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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