XTG vs. GOLD, ODV, BGM, WAF, TUD, GSV, THX, GLDX, LUM, and MQR
Should you be buying Xtra-Gold Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Xtra-Gold Resources include GoldMining (GOLD), Osisko Development (ODV), Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd. (BGM.V) (BGM), West African Resources Limited (WAF.V) (WAF), Tudor Gold (TUD), Gold Standard Ventures (GSV), Thor Explorations (THX), Gold X Mining (GLDX), Lumina Gold (LUM), and Monarch Gold Co. (MQR.TO) (MQR). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Xtra-Gold Resources (TSE:XTG) and GoldMining (TSE:GOLD) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.
In the previous week, GoldMining had 1 more articles in the media than Xtra-Gold Resources. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for GoldMining and 0 mentions for Xtra-Gold Resources. GoldMining's average media sentiment score of 0.04 beat Xtra-Gold Resources' score of 0.00 indicating that GoldMining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
8.0% of GoldMining shares are held by institutional investors. 23.0% of Xtra-Gold Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of GoldMining shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Xtra-Gold Resources has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GoldMining has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Xtra-Gold Resources received 31 more outperform votes than GoldMining when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 88.89% of users gave GoldMining an outperform vote while only 67.24% of users gave Xtra-Gold Resources an outperform vote.
Xtra-Gold Resources' return on equity of -0.58% beat GoldMining's return on equity.
Summary
Xtra-Gold Resources beats GoldMining on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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