CAPD vs. SOLG, SVML, GFM, KMR, PRE, ECOR, MKA, KP2, BSE, and TRR
Should you be buying Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Capital include SolGold (SOLG), Sovereign Metals (SVML), Griffin Mining (GFM), Kenmare Resources (KMR), Pensana (PRE), Ecora Resources (ECOR), Mkango Resources (MKA), Kore Potash (KP2), Base Resources (BSE), and Trident Royalties (TRR). These companies are all part of the "other industrial metals & mining" industry.
Capital vs. Its Competitors
Capital (LON:CAPD) and SolGold (LON:SOLG) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Capital presently has a consensus target price of GBX 60, suggesting a potential downside of 34.07%. Given Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Capital is more favorable than SolGold.
51.4% of Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.7% of SolGold shares are held by institutional investors. 21.9% of Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 52.8% of SolGold shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, SolGold had 8 more articles in the media than Capital. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for SolGold and 9 mentions for Capital. Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat SolGold's score of 0.22 indicating that Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Capital has a net margin of 8.69% compared to SolGold's net margin of 0.00%. Capital's return on equity of 10.91% beat SolGold's return on equity.
Capital has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SolGold has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Capital has higher revenue and earnings than SolGold. SolGold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Capital beats SolGold on 11 of the 14 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 LON 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 (LON:CAPD) was last updated on 8/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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