OLA vs. WDO, CXB, NGD, TXG, SEA, SSRM, KNT, NG, CG, and DPM
Should you be buying Orla Mining stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Orla Mining include Wesdome Gold Mines (WDO), Calibre Mining (CXB), New Gold (NGD), Torex Gold Resources (TXG), Seabridge Gold (SEA), SSR Mining (SSRM), K92 Mining (KNT), NovaGold Resources (NG), Centerra Gold (CG), and Dundee Precious Metals (DPM). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Wesdome Gold Mines (TSE:WDO) and Orla Mining (TSE:OLA) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.
Wesdome Gold Mines has a net margin of 1.36% compared to Wesdome Gold Mines' net margin of -9.11%. Orla Mining's return on equity of 1.13% beat Wesdome Gold Mines' return on equity.
Wesdome Gold Mines received 497 more outperform votes than Orla Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Orla Mining an outperform vote while only 64.88% of users gave Wesdome Gold Mines an outperform vote.
Wesdome Gold Mines has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Orla Mining has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Wesdome Gold Mines currently has a consensus target price of C$11.54, suggesting a potential downside of 2.24%. Orla Mining has a consensus target price of C$6.44, suggesting a potential upside of 8.19%. Given Wesdome Gold Mines' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Orla Mining is more favorable than Wesdome Gold Mines.
Wesdome Gold Mines has higher revenue and earnings than Orla Mining. Orla Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wesdome Gold Mines, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Orla Mining had 7 more articles in the media than Wesdome Gold Mines. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Orla Mining and 17 mentions for Wesdome Gold Mines. Wesdome Gold Mines' average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Orla Mining's score of 0.50 indicating that Orla Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
46.5% of Wesdome Gold Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.3% of Orla Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Wesdome Gold Mines shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 34.8% of Orla Mining 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
Orla Mining beats Wesdome Gold Mines on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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