Western Copper & Gold (NYSE:WRN) and DeFi Technologies (OTC:DEFTF) Head to Head Comparison

DeFi Technologies (OTC:DEFTF) and Western Copper & Gold (NYSE:WRN) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for DeFi Technologies and Western Copper & Gold, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DeFi Technologies	0	0	2	1	3.33
Western Copper & Gold	0	0	2	1	3.33

Western Copper & Gold has a consensus target price of $4.25, indicating a potential upside of 34.07%. Given Western Copper & Gold’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Western Copper & Gold is more favorable than DeFi Technologies.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

22.0% of Western Copper & Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 4.6% of Western Copper & Gold shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares DeFi Technologies and Western Copper & Gold’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DeFi Technologies	N/A	184.49%	13.66%
Western Copper & Gold	N/A	-3.53%	-3.45%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares DeFi Technologies and Western Copper & Gold”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DeFi Technologies	$7.67 million	169.46	-$15.03 million	$0.17	23.43
Western Copper & Gold	N/A	N/A	-$2.47 million	($0.01)	-317.00

Western Copper & Gold has lower revenue, but higher earnings than DeFi Technologies. Western Copper & Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DeFi Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

DeFi Technologies beats Western Copper & Gold on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About DeFi Technologies

DeFi Technologies Inc., a technology company, develops and lists exchange traded products in Canada, Bermuda, and the Cayman Islands. The company provides asset management services, such as investment vehicles, indirect exposure to underlying cryptocurrencies, digital asset indexes, and other decentralized finance instruments. It also participates in decentralized blockchain networks by processing data transactions that contribute to network security and stability, governance, and transaction validation. In addition, the company invests in decentralized finance companies in early-stage ventures. Further, it offers node management of decentralized protocols to support governance, security, and transaction validation for their networks. The company was formerly known as Valour Inc. and changed its name to DeFi Technologies Inc. in July 2023. DeFi Technologies Inc. was incorporated in 1986 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

About Western Copper & Gold

Western Copper & Gold Corp. operates as an exploration stage company, which engages in the acquisition, exploration, and future development of mineral resource properties. It currently focuses on the development of the Casino Project. The company was founded on March 17, 2006 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.