TXG vs. WFT, BTO, LUG, ELD, OR, EQX, PRU, ASR, IMG, and FVI
Should you be buying Torex Gold Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Torex Gold Resources 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.
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO) (TSE:WFT) and Torex Gold Resources (TSE:TXG) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.
In the previous week, Torex Gold Resources had 1 more articles in the media than West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO). MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Torex Gold Resources and 0 mentions for West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO). West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO)'s average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Torex Gold Resources' score of 0.00 indicating that Torex Gold Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO) received 84 more outperform votes than Torex Gold Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.15% of users gave West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO) an outperform vote while only 55.72% of users gave Torex Gold Resources an outperform vote.
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO) has higher revenue and earnings than Torex Gold Resources. West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Torex Gold Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
66.1% of Torex Gold Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Torex Gold Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Torex Gold Resources has a net margin of 20.14% compared to Torex Gold Resources' net margin of 0.00%. West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO)'s return on equity of 12.37% beat Torex Gold Resources' return on equity.
Torex Gold Resources has a consensus price target of C$25.69, indicating a potential upside of 19.76%.
Summary
Torex Gold Resources beats West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO) on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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