Orla Mining (OLA) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in OLA or LUG?

47.9% of Orla Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.8% of Lundin Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 51.7% of Orla Mining shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 58.7% of Lundin Gold shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, OLA or LUG?

Orla Mining has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lundin Gold has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer OLA or LUG?

Lundin Gold received 208 more outperform votes than Orla Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.97% of users gave Lundin Gold an outperform vote while only 57.89% of users gave Orla Mining an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Orla Mining	Outperform Votes 22 57.89%	Underperform Votes 16 42.11%
Lundin Gold	Outperform Votes 230 58.97%	Underperform Votes 160 41.03%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, OLA or LUG?

Lundin Gold has higher revenue and earnings than Orla Mining. Orla 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
Orla Mining	C$275.09M	7.21	-C$11.32M	-C$0.05	-124.00
Lundin Gold	C$930.03M	8.37	C$226.03M	C$1.29	25.16

Do analysts rate OLA or LUG?

Orla Mining presently has a consensus price target of C$6.79, suggesting a potential upside of 9.45%. Lundin Gold has a consensus price target of C$29.42, suggesting a potential downside of 9.35%. Given Orla Mining's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Orla Mining is more favorable than Lundin Gold.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Orla Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Lundin Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is OLA or LUG more profitable?

Lundin Gold has a net margin of 24.30% compared to Orla Mining's net margin of -4.12%. Lundin Gold's return on equity of 22.88% beat Orla Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Orla Mining	-4.12%	-2.50%	4.26%
Lundin Gold	24.30%	22.88%	17.59%

Does the media prefer OLA or LUG?

In the previous week, Orla Mining had 5 more articles in the media than Lundin Gold. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Orla Mining and 12 mentions for Lundin Gold. Lundin Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Orla Mining's score of 0.00 indicating that Lundin Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Orla Mining	3 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Lundin Gold	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Lundin Gold beats Orla Mining on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.