WRX vs. OGD, WML, SRG, MD, DEFN, GMA, RTG, SLG, LEM, and LCE
Should you be buying Western Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Resources include Orbit Garant Drilling (OGD), Wealth Minerals (WML), SRG Mining (SRG), Midland Exploration (MD), Defense Metals (DEFN), Geomega Resources (GMA), RTG Mining (RTG), San Lorenzo Gold (SLG), Leading Edge Materials (LEM), and Century Lithium (LCE). These companies are all part of the "other industrial metals & mining" industry.
Western Resources vs. Its Competitors
Western Resources (TSE:WRX) and Orbit Garant Drilling (TSE:OGD) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Orbit Garant Drilling had 2 more articles in the media than Western Resources. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Orbit Garant Drilling and 0 mentions for Western Resources. Orbit Garant Drilling's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Western Resources' score of 0.00 indicating that Orbit Garant Drilling is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Western Resources has a beta of 1.322011, indicating that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Orbit Garant Drilling has a beta of 0.4575, indicating that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Orbit Garant Drilling has higher revenue and earnings than Western Resources. Western Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Orbit Garant Drilling, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Orbit Garant Drilling has a net margin of 1.23% compared to Western Resources' net margin of 0.00%. Orbit Garant Drilling's return on equity of 3.73% beat Western Resources' return on equity.
0.0% of Western Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.9% of Orbit Garant Drilling shares are held by institutional investors. 64.6% of Western Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.4% of Orbit Garant Drilling shares are held by company 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
Orbit Garant Drilling beats Western Resources on 10 of the 12 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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This page (TSE:WRX) was last updated on 10/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
