Western Resources (WRX) Competitors

SRG Mining (CVE:SRG) and Western Resources (TSE:WRX) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and community ranking.

Which has more risk and volatility, SRG or WRX?

SRG Mining has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Resources has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, SRG or WRX?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SRG Mining	N/A	N/A	-C$5.25M	-C$0.04	-12.07
Western Resources	N/A	N/A	-C$3.03M	N/A	N/A

Is SRG or WRX more profitable?

Western Resources' return on equity of -1.24% beat SRG Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SRG Mining	N/A	-58.63%	-35.72%
Western Resources	N/A	-1.24%	-0.36%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SRG or WRX?

SRG Mining received 69 more outperform votes than Western Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.55% of users gave SRG Mining an outperform vote while only 60.87% of users gave Western Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SRG Mining	Outperform Votes 111 72.55%	Underperform Votes 42 27.45%
Western Resources	Outperform Votes 42 60.87%	Underperform Votes 27 39.13%

Does the media refer more to SRG or WRX?

In the previous week, SRG Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Western Resources'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
SRG Mining	Neutral
Western Resources	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in SRG or WRX?

3.4% of SRG Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 50.0% of SRG Mining shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 64.6% of Western Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Western Resources beats SRG Mining on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.