OLA vs. WFT, BTO, LUG, ELD, OR, EQX, PRU, ASR, IMG, and FVI
Should you be buying Orla Mining stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Orla Mining include West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO) (WFT), B2Gold (BTO), Lundin Gold (LUG), Eldorado Gold (ELD), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), Equinox Gold (EQX), Perseus Mining (PRU), Alacer Gold (ASR), IAMGOLD (IMG), and Fortuna Silver Mines (FVI). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Orla Mining (TSE:OLA) and West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO) (TSE:WFT) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, dividends, community ranking and earnings.
In the previous week, Orla Mining had 6 more articles in the media than West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO). MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Orla Mining and 0 mentions for West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO). West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO)'s average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Orla Mining's score of -0.01 indicating that West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO) is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
48.3% of Orla Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 34.7% of Orla Mining shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Orla Mining currently has a consensus price target of C$6.28, indicating a potential upside of 8.48%.
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO) received 359 more outperform votes than Orla Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.15% of users gave West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO) an outperform vote while only 64.71% of users gave Orla Mining an outperform vote.
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO) has higher revenue and earnings than Orla Mining. Orla Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO), indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO) has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Orla Mining's net margin of -9.11%. West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO)'s return on equity of 0.00% beat Orla Mining's return on equity.
Summary
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO) beats Orla Mining on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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