Taseko Mines (TKO) Competitors

Hipgnosis Songs (LON:SONG) and Taseko Mines (LON:TKO) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Is SONG or TKO more profitable?

Taseko Mines has a net margin of 8.05% compared to Hipgnosis Songs' net margin of -106.70%. Taseko Mines' return on equity of 11.36% beat Hipgnosis Songs' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hipgnosis Songs	-106.70%	-9.28%	-2.24%
Taseko Mines	8.05%	11.36%	3.36%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SONG or TKO?

Hipgnosis Songs received 9 more outperform votes than Taseko Mines when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Taseko Mines an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave Hipgnosis Songs an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hipgnosis Songs	Outperform Votes 16 66.67%	Underperform Votes 8 33.33%
Taseko Mines	Outperform Votes 7 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SONG or TKO?

66.7% of Hipgnosis Songs shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.8% of Taseko Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of Hipgnosis Songs shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Taseko Mines shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, SONG or TKO?

Taseko Mines has higher revenue and earnings than Hipgnosis Songs. Hipgnosis Songs is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Taseko Mines, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hipgnosis Songs	£124.41M	0.00	-£132.52M	-£0.09	N/A
Taseko Mines	£582.21M	0.80	£46.89M	£0.10	1,580.00

Does the media favor SONG or TKO?

In the previous week, Taseko Mines had 2 more articles in the media than Hipgnosis Songs. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Taseko Mines and 0 mentions for Hipgnosis Songs. Taseko Mines' average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Hipgnosis Songs' score of 0.00 indicating that Taseko Mines is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Hipgnosis Songs	Neutral
Taseko Mines	Positive

Do analysts prefer SONG or TKO?

Taseko Mines has a consensus price target of GBX 275, indicating a potential upside of 74.05%. Given Taseko Mines' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Taseko Mines is more favorable than Hipgnosis Songs.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hipgnosis Songs	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Taseko Mines	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk and volatility, SONG or TKO?

Hipgnosis Songs has a beta of 0.27, suggesting that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Taseko Mines has a beta of 1.92, suggesting that its stock price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Taseko Mines beats Hipgnosis Songs on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.