FF vs. SLI, ROG, ESI, IGX, ICL, PRM, REX, OEC, CE, and CGA
Should you be buying First Mining Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Mining Gold include Standard Lithium (SLI), Roxgold (ROG), Ensign Energy Services (ESI), IntelGenx Technologies (IGX), Itasca Capital Ltd. (ICL.V) (ICL), Cott (PRM), Orex Minerals (REX), Oracle Energy (OEC), Canada Energy Partners (CE), and 6162 (CGA.TO) (CGA). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.
First Mining Gold vs. Its Competitors
Standard Lithium (CVE:SLI) and First Mining Gold (TSE:FF) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and earnings.
In the previous week, First Mining Gold had 6 more articles in the media than Standard Lithium. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for First Mining Gold and 0 mentions for Standard Lithium. First Mining Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Standard Lithium's score of 0.00 indicating that First Mining Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
First Mining Gold has a consensus target price of C$0.35, indicating a potential upside of 112.12%. Given First Mining Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe First Mining Gold is more favorable than Standard Lithium.
Standard Lithium has a beta of 1.93, meaning that its share price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Mining Gold has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Standard Lithium's return on equity of 68.27% beat First Mining Gold's return on equity.
First Mining Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Standard Lithium, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
10.0% of Standard Lithium shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.6% of First Mining Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.2% of Standard Lithium shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of First Mining Gold shares are owned by company 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.
Summary
Standard Lithium beats First Mining Gold on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FF and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
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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This page (TSE:FF) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
