XTG vs. RIO, LUM, ELO, RML, IAU, PRB, BGM, GOLD, WAF, and GSV
Should you be buying Xtra-Gold Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Xtra-Gold Resources include Rio2 (RIO), Lumina Gold (LUM), Eloro Resources (ELO), Rusoro Mining (RML), i-80 Gold (IAU), Probe Gold (PRB), Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd. (BGM.V) (BGM), GoldMining (GOLD), West African Resources Limited (WAF.V) (WAF), and Gold Standard Ventures (GSV). 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 superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, profitability and dividends.
In the previous week, Xtra-Gold Resources had 1 more articles in the media than Rio2. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Xtra-Gold Resources and 0 mentions for Rio2. Rio2's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Xtra-Gold Resources' score of -1.17 indicating that Rio2 is being referred to more favorably in the media.
16.9% of Rio2 shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.1% of Rio2 shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.0% of Xtra-Gold Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Rio2 has a beta of 2.36, indicating that its share price is 136% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xtra-Gold Resources has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Xtra-Gold Resources' return on equity of 6.20% beat Rio2's return on equity.
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 currently has a consensus price target of C$1.10, suggesting a potential upside of 4.76%. Given Rio2's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Rio2 is more favorable than Xtra-Gold Resources.
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.
Summary
Xtra-Gold Resources beats Rio2 on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:XTG) was last updated on 4/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
