Galiano Gold (GAU) Competitors

Galiano Gold (TSE:GAU) and Calibre Mining (TSE:CXB) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, GAU or CXB?

Calibre Mining has higher revenue and earnings than Galiano Gold. Calibre Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Galiano Gold, 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
Galiano Gold	C$95.66M	5.16	C$9.70M	C$0.07	27.43
Calibre Mining	C$564.69M	3.24	C$52.54M	C$0.14	16.57

Does the media prefer GAU or CXB?

In the previous week, Galiano Gold had 5 more articles in the media than Calibre Mining. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Galiano Gold and 3 mentions for Calibre Mining. Calibre Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Galiano Gold's score of 0.48 indicating that Calibre Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Galiano Gold	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Calibre Mining	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of GAU or CXB?

54.1% of Galiano Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.6% of Calibre Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.1% of Galiano Gold shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Calibre Mining shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer GAU or CXB?

Galiano Gold currently has a consensus price target of C$2.67, indicating a potential upside of 38.89%. Calibre Mining has a consensus price target of C$3.43, indicating a potential upside of 47.99%. Given Calibre Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Calibre Mining is more favorable than Galiano Gold.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Galiano Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Calibre Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.17

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GAU or CXB?

Calibre Mining received 12 more outperform votes than Galiano Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.82% of users gave Calibre Mining an outperform vote while only 34.21% of users gave Galiano Gold an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Galiano Gold	Outperform Votes 13 34.21%	Underperform Votes 25 65.79%
Calibre Mining	Outperform Votes 25 56.82%	Underperform Votes 19 43.18%

Which has more risk and volatility, GAU or CXB?

Galiano Gold has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Calibre Mining has a beta of 2.08, suggesting that its stock price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GAU or CXB more profitable?

Galiano Gold has a net margin of 10.14% compared to Calibre Mining's net margin of 9.30%. Calibre Mining's return on equity of 7.54% beat Galiano Gold's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Galiano Gold	10.14%	4.46%	0.81%
Calibre Mining	9.30%	7.54%	6.25%

Summary

Calibre Mining beats Galiano Gold on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.