Lucara Diamond (LUC) Competitors

GoGold Resources (TSE:GGD) and Lucara Diamond (TSE:LUC) 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 earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GGD or LUC?

Lucara Diamond received 223 more outperform votes than GoGold Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 83.01% of users gave GoGold Resources an outperform vote while only 65.79% of users gave Lucara Diamond an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
GoGold Resources	Outperform Votes 127 83.01%	Underperform Votes 26 16.99%
Lucara Diamond	Outperform Votes 350 65.79%	Underperform Votes 182 34.21%

Does the media prefer GGD or LUC?

In the previous week, Lucara Diamond had 1 more articles in the media than GoGold Resources. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Lucara Diamond and 1 mentions for GoGold Resources. Lucara Diamond's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat GoGold Resources' score of 0.00 indicating that Lucara Diamond is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
GoGold Resources	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Lucara Diamond	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, GGD or LUC?

GoGold Resources has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lucara Diamond has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, GGD or LUC?

GoGold Resources has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lucara Diamond. Lucara Diamond is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GoGold Resources, 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
GoGold Resources	C$35.15M	11.72	C$1.63M	C$0.01	177.60
Lucara Diamond	C$116.88M	1.02	-C$24.20M	-C$0.11	-3.51

Is GGD or LUC more profitable?

GoGold Resources has a net margin of 4.64% compared to Lucara Diamond's net margin of -20.70%. GoGold Resources' return on equity of 0.60% beat Lucara Diamond's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GoGold Resources	4.64%	0.60%	0.04%
Lucara Diamond	-20.70%	-13.99%	3.82%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of GGD or LUC?

28.9% of GoGold Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.6% of Lucara Diamond shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.4% of GoGold Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 25.5% of Lucara Diamond shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

GoGold Resources beats Lucara Diamond on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.