WRN vs. RUP, SUM, MMX, IE, LAC, GSV, GGD, GAU, ASM, and EMX
Should you be buying Western Copper and Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Copper and Gold include Rupert Resources (RUP), Solium Capital (SUM), Maverix Metals (MMX), Ivanhoe Electric (IE), Lithium Americas (LAC), Gold Standard Ventures (GSV), GoGold Resources (GGD), Galiano Gold (GAU), Avino Silver & Gold Mines (ASM), and EMX Royalty (EMX). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.
Western Copper and Gold vs.
Rupert Resources (CVE:RUP) and Western Copper and Gold (TSE:WRN) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, community ranking, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Western Copper and Gold received 120 more outperform votes than Rupert Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.30% of users gave Western Copper and Gold an outperform vote while only 53.17% of users gave Rupert Resources an outperform vote.
Western Copper and Gold's return on equity of -3.54% beat Rupert Resources' return on equity.
Rupert Resources currently has a consensus target price of C$10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 121.24%. Western Copper and Gold has a consensus target price of C$3.69, suggesting a potential upside of 120.81%. Given Rupert Resources' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Rupert Resources is more favorable than Western Copper and Gold.
In the previous week, Western Copper and Gold had 2 more articles in the media than Rupert Resources. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Western Copper and Gold and 0 mentions for Rupert Resources. Western Copper and Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Rupert Resources' score of 0.00 indicating that Western Copper and Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
20.1% of Western Copper and Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 16.3% of Western Copper and Gold shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Rupert Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Western Copper and Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Western Copper and Gold beats Rupert Resources on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:WRN) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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