ECR vs. LEX, GRL, GDP, SGZ, ORR, GCAT, XTR, CNG, PUR, and AVM
Should you be buying ECR Minerals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ECR Minerals include Lexington Gold (LEX), Goldstone Resources (GRL), Goldplat (GDP), Scotgold Resources (SGZ), Oriole Resources (ORR), Caracal Gold (GCAT), Xtract Resources (XTR), China Nonferrous Gold (CNG), Pure Gold Mining (PUR), and Avocet Mining (AVM). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
ECR Minerals vs.
ECR Minerals (LON:ECR) and Lexington Gold (LON:LEX) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and institutional ownership.
ECR Minerals received 32 more outperform votes than Lexington Gold when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, ECR Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Lexington Gold'saverage media sentiment score.
ECR Minerals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lexington Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lexington Gold's return on equity of 2.63% beat ECR Minerals' return on equity.
1.6% of ECR Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.8% of ECR Minerals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 65.4% of Lexington Gold shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
ECR Minerals has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lexington Gold has a beta of -1.04, indicating that its stock price is 204% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Lexington Gold beats ECR Minerals on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:ECR) was last updated on 4/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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