LWLG vs. NGD, CGAU, KRO, OEC, DQ, SA, SILV, SLCA, GPRE, and GSM
Should you be buying Lightwave Logic stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lightwave Logic include New Gold (NGD), Centerra Gold (CGAU), Kronos Worldwide (KRO), Orion (OEC), Daqo New Energy (DQ), Seabridge Gold (SA), SilverCrest Metals (SILV), U.S. Silica (SLCA), Green Plains (GPRE), and Ferroglobe (GSM). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Lightwave Logic (NASDAQ:LWLG) and New Gold (NYSE:NGD) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, valuation, profitability, community ranking, risk and institutional ownership.
Lightwave Logic has a net margin of 0.00% compared to New Gold's net margin of -9.81%. New Gold's return on equity of 5.23% beat Lightwave Logic's return on equity.
Lightwave Logic has a beta of 2.1, indicating that its share price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, New Gold has a beta of 1.53, indicating that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.
27.0% of Lightwave Logic shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.8% of New Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of Lightwave Logic shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of New Gold shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
New Gold received 4 more outperform votes than Lightwave Logic when rated by MarketBeat users.
Lightwave Logic has higher earnings, but lower revenue than New Gold. New Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lightwave Logic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, New Gold had 15 more articles in the media than Lightwave Logic. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for New Gold and 2 mentions for Lightwave Logic. Lightwave Logic's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat New Gold's score of 0.39 indicating that Lightwave Logic is being referred to more favorably in the media.
New Gold has a consensus target price of $1.69, indicating a potential downside of 18.75%. Given New Gold's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe New Gold is more favorable than Lightwave Logic.
Summary
New Gold beats Lightwave Logic on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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