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Western Copper and Gold (WRN) Competitors

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C$1.68 -0.04 (-2.33%)
As of 04:00 PM Eastern

WRN vs. NEXA, RUP, SUM, IE, MMX, LAC, GGD, GSV, ASM, and GAU

Should you be buying Western Copper and Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Copper and Gold include Nexa Resources (NEXA), Rupert Resources (RUP), Solium Capital (SUM), Ivanhoe Electric (IE), Maverix Metals (MMX), Lithium Americas (LAC), GoGold Resources (GGD), Gold Standard Ventures (GSV), Avino Silver & Gold Mines (ASM), and Galiano Gold (GAU). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.

Western Copper and Gold vs. Its Competitors

Nexa Resources (TSE:NEXA) and Western Copper and Gold (TSE:WRN) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Western Copper and Gold has a consensus price target of C$4.00, indicating a potential upside of 138.10%. Given Western Copper and Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Western Copper and Gold is more favorable than Nexa Resources.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Nexa Resources
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Western Copper and Gold
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.40

20.1% of Western Copper and Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 16.3% of Western Copper and Gold shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Nexa Resources' return on equity of 0.00% beat Western Copper and Gold's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Nexa ResourcesN/A N/A N/A
Western Copper and Gold N/A -3.54%-2.68%

Nexa Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Western Copper and Gold. Western Copper and Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nexa Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Nexa ResourcesC$2.58B0.00C$207.93MC$1.57N/A
Western Copper and GoldN/AN/A-C$5.77M-C$0.03-55.93

In the previous week, Nexa Resources and Nexa Resources both had 1 articles in the media. Nexa Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Western Copper and Gold's score of -0.10 indicating that Nexa Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Nexa Resources
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Western Copper and Gold
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Nexa Resources beats Western Copper and Gold on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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WRN vs. The Competition

MetricWestern Copper and GoldOther Industrial Metals & Mining IndustryMaterials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$327.80MC$1.02BC$3.25BC$6.19B
Dividend Yield2.79%6.19%5.15%6.72%
P/E Ratio-55.93112.8494.1156.61
Price / SalesN/A20,786.5027,271,165,733,135,700.001,138.71
Price / Cash11.7924.7023.9283.29
Price / Book1.757.445.984.69
Net Income-C$5.77MC$71.98MC$147.60MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance0.60%2.89%2.31%1.65%
1 Month Performance-0.59%3.74%4.67%4.19%
1 Year Performance4.35%38.08%25.73%27.78%

Western Copper and Gold Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WRN
Western Copper and Gold
1.918 of 5 stars
C$1.68
-2.3%
C$4.00
+138.1%
+6.8%C$327.80MN/A-55.938
NEXA
Nexa Resources
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$1.34BC$2.58B6.465,349News Coverage
High Trading Volume
RUP
Rupert Resources
0.7981 of 5 stars
C$4.52
-2.0%
C$8.00
+77.0%
+0.0%C$1.09BN/A-151.74N/APositive News
SUM
Solium Capital
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$1.08BC$108.34M222.674,800
IE
Ivanhoe Electric
N/AC$12.40
+0.4%
N/A-15.3%C$1.06BC$2.31M-5.52244
MMX
Maverix Metals
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$962.39MC$61.65M59.369,400
LAC
Lithium Americas
1.333 of 5 stars
C$3.69
+1.4%
C$7.50
+103.3%
+1.4%C$561.41MC$39.65K-19.30749
GGD
GoGold Resources
0.6299 of 5 stars
C$2.04
+2.0%
C$3.85
+88.7%
+41.0%C$474.70MC$35.15M204.69204
GSV
Gold Standard Ventures
N/AC$2.02
+1.3%
N/A+0.0%C$470.26MN/A0.0020
ASM
Avino Silver & Gold Mines
N/AC$4.61
-5.9%
N/A+258.4%C$455.61MC$39.79M122.5134High Trading Volume
GAU
Galiano Gold
3.0541 of 5 stars
C$1.80
+4.0%
C$2.50
+38.9%
-30.0%C$328.02MC$119.21M-555.18560High Trading Volume

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