Wesdome Gold Mines (WDO) Competitors

Lundin Gold (TSE:LUG) and Wesdome Gold Mines (TSE:WDO) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Which has more volatility and risk, LUG or WDO?

Lundin Gold has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wesdome Gold Mines has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, LUG or WDO?

Lundin Gold has higher revenue and earnings than Wesdome Gold Mines. Wesdome Gold Mines is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lundin 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
Lundin Gold	C$730.61M	17.26	C$215.94M	C$1.78	41.47
Wesdome Gold Mines	C$484.46M	6.30	C$82.40M	C$0.54	37.49

Does the media refer more to LUG or WDO?

In the previous week, Lundin Gold had 4 more articles in the media than Wesdome Gold Mines. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Lundin Gold and 3 mentions for Wesdome Gold Mines. Lundin Gold's average media sentiment score of -0.10 beat Wesdome Gold Mines' score of -0.16 indicating that Lundin Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lundin Gold	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Wesdome Gold Mines	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LUG or WDO?

Wesdome Gold Mines received 289 more outperform votes than Lundin Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.38% of users gave Wesdome Gold Mines an outperform vote while only 56.83% of users gave Lundin Gold an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lundin Gold	Outperform Votes 237 56.83%	Underperform Votes 180 43.17%
Wesdome Gold Mines	Outperform Votes 526 64.38%	Underperform Votes 291 35.62%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of LUG or WDO?

27.8% of Lundin Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.4% of Wesdome Gold Mines shares are held by institutional investors. 58.7% of Lundin Gold shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Wesdome Gold Mines shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is LUG or WDO more profitable?

Lundin Gold has a net margin of 29.56% compared to Wesdome Gold Mines' net margin of 17.01%. Lundin Gold's return on equity of 29.88% beat Wesdome Gold Mines' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lundin Gold	29.56%	29.88%	17.59%
Wesdome Gold Mines	17.01%	17.53%	6.46%

Do analysts rate LUG or WDO?

Lundin Gold currently has a consensus price target of C$48.98, suggesting a potential downside of 33.70%. Wesdome Gold Mines has a consensus price target of C$18.19, suggesting a potential downside of 9.47%. Given Wesdome Gold Mines' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Wesdome Gold Mines is more favorable than Lundin Gold.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lundin Gold	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.31
Wesdome Gold Mines	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Summary

Lundin Gold beats Wesdome Gold Mines on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.