WRX vs. AZM, NIM, LCE, AHR, DEFN, SKP, GOG, AGX, BKI, and TI
Should you be buying Western Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Resources include Azimut Exploration (AZM), Nicola Mining (NIM), Century Lithium (LCE), Amarc Resources (AHR), Defense Metals (DEFN), StrikePoint Gold (SKP), Golden Tag Resources (GOG), Silver X Mining (AGX), Black Iron (BKI), and Titan Mining (TI). These companies are all part of the "other industrial metals & mining" industry.
Western Resources vs.
Western Resources (TSE:WRX) and Azimut Exploration (CVE:AZM) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Azimut Exploration had 2 more articles in the media than Western Resources. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Azimut Exploration and 0 mentions for Western Resources. Azimut Exploration's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Western Resources' score of 0.00 indicating that Azimut Exploration is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Azimut Exploration received 12 more outperform votes than Western Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.79% of users gave Azimut Exploration an outperform vote while only 60.87% of users gave Western Resources an outperform vote.
Azimut Exploration has a net margin of 311.80% compared to Western Resources' net margin of 0.00%. Azimut Exploration's return on equity of 2.07% beat Western Resources' return on equity.
Western Resources has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Azimut Exploration has a beta of 2.12, indicating that its share price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Azimut Exploration has higher revenue and earnings than Western Resources.
14.1% of Azimut Exploration shares are held by institutional investors. 64.6% of Western Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.6% of Azimut Exploration shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Azimut Exploration beats Western Resources on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:WRX) was last updated on 1/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
