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Western Copper and Gold (WRN) Competitors

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C$1.69 -0.04 (-2.31%)
As of 04:00 PM Eastern

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

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

Western Copper and Gold vs. Its Competitors

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

Ero Copper presently has a consensus target price of C$27.85, indicating a potential upside of 42.67%. Western Copper and Gold has a consensus target price of C$4.00, indicating a potential upside of 136.69%. Given Western Copper and Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Western Copper and Gold is more favorable than Ero Copper.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ero Copper
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Western Copper and Gold
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.40

Ero Copper has a beta of 1.98, indicating that its stock price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Copper and Gold has a beta of 2.04, indicating that its stock price is 104% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ero CopperC$315.28M4.34C$10.88MC$0.2385.39
Western Copper and GoldN/AN/A-C$5.77M-C$0.03-56.26

Ero Copper has a net margin of 3.45% compared to Western Copper and Gold's net margin of 0.00%. Ero Copper's return on equity of 2.24% beat Western Copper and Gold's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ero Copper3.45% 2.24% 3.46%
Western Copper and Gold N/A -3.54%-2.68%

In the previous week, Ero Copper had 10 more articles in the media than Western Copper and Gold. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Ero Copper and 1 mentions for Western Copper and Gold. Ero Copper's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Western Copper and Gold's score of 0.00 indicating that Ero Copper is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

77.3% of Ero Copper shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.1% of Western Copper and Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.4% of Ero Copper shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.3% of Western Copper and Gold shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Ero Copper beats Western Copper and Gold on 12 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

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$329.75MC$1.06BC$3.25BC$6.26B
Dividend Yield2.79%6.19%5.16%6.72%
P/E Ratio-56.26104.02101.4454.38
Price / SalesN/A20,764.3130,017,513,221,228,500.001,113.49
Price / Cash11.7924.7023.8683.29
Price / Book1.767.236.004.96
Net Income-C$5.77MC$71.98MC$147.94MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance-6.11%2.31%0.41%0.51%
1 Month Performance-7.65%7.80%5.16%4.13%
1 Year Performance14.19%40.38%25.97%25.62%

Western Copper and Gold Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WRN
Western Copper and Gold
1.5427 of 5 stars
C$1.69
-2.3%
C$4.00
+136.7%
+9.5%C$329.75MN/A-56.268
ERO
Ero Copper
3.735 of 5 stars
C$19.51
-9.4%
C$27.85
+42.7%
-30.0%C$1.37BC$315.28M85.352,460News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
NEXA
Nexa Resources
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$1.34BC$2.58B6.465,349High Trading Volume
IE
Ivanhoe Electric
N/AC$13.15
-2.0%
N/A+1.8%C$1.13BC$2.31M-5.85244News Coverage
High Trading Volume
RUP
Rupert Resources
0.5663 of 5 stars
C$4.52
-2.0%
C$8.00
+77.0%
+0.0%C$1.09BN/A-151.74N/A
SUM
Solium Capital
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$1.08BC$108.34M222.674,800
MMX
Maverix Metals
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$962.39MC$61.65M59.369,400
LAC
Lithium Americas
1.098 of 5 stars
C$3.62
-2.7%
C$7.50
+107.2%
+9.9%C$550.76MC$39.65K-18.93749High Trading Volume
ASM
Avino Silver & Gold Mines
N/AC$5.22
+8.3%
N/A+280.1%C$515.90MC$39.79M138.7234High Trading Volume
GGD
GoGold Resources
N/AC$2.05
+1.0%
C$3.85
+87.8%
+41.4%C$477.02MC$35.15M205.70204
GSV
Gold Standard Ventures
N/AC$2.02
+1.3%
N/A+0.0%C$470.26MN/A0.0020

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