XTG vs. RIO, ELO, IAU, GOLD, PRB, BGM, THX, WAF, GSV, and GLDX
Should you be buying Xtra-Gold Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Xtra-Gold Resources include Rio2 (RIO), Eloro Resources (ELO), i-80 Gold (IAU), GoldMining (GOLD), Probe Gold (PRB), Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd. (BGM.V) (BGM), Thor Explorations (THX), West African Resources Limited (WAF.V) (WAF), Gold Standard Ventures (GSV), and Gold X Mining (GLDX). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Xtra-Gold Resources vs.
Rio2 (CVE:RIO) and Xtra-Gold Resources (TSE:XTG) 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 analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.
Xtra-Gold Resources' return on equity of 6.20% beat Rio2's return on equity.
Xtra-Gold Resources received 12 more outperform votes than Rio2 when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.24% of users gave Xtra-Gold Resources an outperform vote while only 64.29% of users gave Rio2 an outperform vote.
Rio2 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Xtra-Gold Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Rio2 has a beta of 2.36, indicating that its stock price is 136% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xtra-Gold Resources has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Rio2's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Xtra-Gold Resources'average media sentiment score.
Rio2 currently has a consensus target price of C$0.85, suggesting a potential upside of 1.19%. Given Rio2's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Rio2 is more favorable than Xtra-Gold Resources.
16.9% of Rio2 shares are held by institutional investors. 20.1% of Rio2 shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.0% of Xtra-Gold Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Xtra-Gold Resources beats Rio2 on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:XTG) was last updated on 4/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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