K92 Mining (KNT) Competitors

Lundin Gold (TSE:LUG) and K92 Mining (TSE:KNT) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

Do analysts recommend LUG or KNT?

Lundin Gold presently has a consensus target price of C$42.00, indicating a potential downside of 24.32%. Given Lundin Gold's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Lundin Gold is more favorable than K92 Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lundin Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
K92 Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33

Is LUG or KNT more profitable?

Lundin Gold has a net margin of 29.56% compared to K92 Mining's net margin of 24.76%. Lundin Gold's return on equity of 29.88% beat K92 Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lundin Gold	29.56%	29.88%	17.59%
K92 Mining	24.76%	20.37%	7.49%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LUG or KNT?

Lundin Gold received 203 more outperform votes than K92 Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 83.78% of users gave K92 Mining an outperform vote while only 57.21% of users gave Lundin Gold an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lundin Gold	Outperform Votes 234 57.21%	Underperform Votes 175 42.79%
K92 Mining	Outperform Votes 31 83.78%	Underperform Votes 6 16.22%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in LUG or KNT?

27.8% of Lundin Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.2% of K92 Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 58.7% of Lundin Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of K92 Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, LUG or KNT?

Lundin Gold has higher revenue and earnings than K92 Mining. K92 Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lundin 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
Lundin Gold	C$730.61M	12.97	C$215.94M	C$1.78	31.15
K92 Mining	C$217.76M	10.37	C$53.92M	C$0.45	29.56

Does the media refer more to LUG or KNT?

In the previous week, K92 Mining had 22 more articles in the media than Lundin Gold. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for K92 Mining and 6 mentions for Lundin Gold. K92 Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Lundin Gold's score of 0.73 indicating that K92 Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lundin Gold	0 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
K92 Mining	5 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, LUG or KNT?

Lundin Gold has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, K92 Mining has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Lundin Gold beats K92 Mining on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.