WDO vs. CXB, NGD, OLA, TXG, SEA, KNT, SSRM, CG, DPM, and NG
Should you be buying Wesdome Gold Mines stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wesdome Gold Mines include Calibre Mining (CXB), New Gold (NGD), Orla Mining (OLA), Torex Gold Resources (TXG), Seabridge Gold (SEA), K92 Mining (KNT), SSR Mining (SSRM), Centerra Gold (CG), Dundee Precious Metals (DPM), and NovaGold Resources (NG). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Calibre Mining (TSE:CXB) and Wesdome Gold Mines (TSE:WDO) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Wesdome Gold Mines received 499 more outperform votes than Calibre Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.97% of users gave Calibre Mining an outperform vote while only 64.88% of users gave Wesdome Gold Mines an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Wesdome Gold Mines had 3 more articles in the media than Calibre Mining. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Wesdome Gold Mines and 14 mentions for Calibre Mining. Calibre Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Wesdome Gold Mines' score of 0.44 indicating that Wesdome Gold Mines is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Calibre Mining has higher revenue and earnings than Wesdome Gold Mines. Calibre 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.
27.3% of Calibre Mining shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.5% of Wesdome Gold Mines shares are held by institutional investors. 16.1% of Calibre Mining shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Wesdome Gold Mines shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Calibre Mining presently has a consensus price target of C$2.64, suggesting a potential upside of 15.17%. Wesdome Gold Mines has a consensus price target of C$11.54, suggesting a potential downside of 2.24%. Given Wesdome Gold Mines' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Calibre Mining is more favorable than Wesdome Gold Mines.
Calibre Mining has a net margin of 15.14% compared to Calibre Mining's net margin of 1.36%. Wesdome Gold Mines' return on equity of 16.87% beat Calibre Mining's return on equity.
Calibre Mining has a beta of 2.07, meaning that its share price is 107% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wesdome Gold Mines has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Calibre Mining beats Wesdome Gold Mines on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding WDO and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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