TRX Gold (TNX) Competitors

Wheaton Precious Metals (TSE:WPM) and TRX Gold (TSE:TNX) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Which has more risk & volatility, WPM or TNX?

Wheaton Precious Metals has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TRX Gold has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor WPM or TNX?

TRX Gold received 47 more outperform votes than Wheaton Precious Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.03% of users gave TRX Gold an outperform vote while only 58.33% of users gave Wheaton Precious Metals an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Wheaton Precious Metals	Outperform Votes 14 58.33%	Underperform Votes 10 41.67%
TRX Gold	Outperform Votes 61 67.03%	Underperform Votes 30 32.97%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, WPM or TNX?

Wheaton Precious Metals has higher revenue and earnings than TRX Gold.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Wheaton Precious Metals	C$851.18M	40.42	C$426.03M	C$1.92	56.45
TRX Gold	C$38.01M	312.20	-C$2.23M	N/A	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in WPM or TNX?

69.4% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.1% of TRX Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of TRX Gold shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is WPM or TNX more profitable?

Wheaton Precious Metals has a net margin of 50.05% compared to TRX Gold's net margin of -5.86%. Wheaton Precious Metals' return on equity of 8.56% beat TRX Gold's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wheaton Precious Metals	50.05%	8.56%	5.35%
TRX Gold	-5.86%	3.11%	6.73%

Do analysts rate WPM or TNX?

Wheaton Precious Metals presently has a consensus target price of C$98.38, indicating a potential downside of 9.32%. Given Wheaton Precious Metals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Wheaton Precious Metals is more favorable than TRX Gold.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Wheaton Precious Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33
TRX Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media refer more to WPM or TNX?

In the previous week, Wheaton Precious Metals had 3 more articles in the media than TRX Gold. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Wheaton Precious Metals and 0 mentions for TRX Gold. Wheaton Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat TRX Gold's score of 0.00 indicating that Wheaton Precious Metals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Wheaton Precious Metals	Positive
TRX Gold	Neutral

Summary

Wheaton Precious Metals beats TRX Gold on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.