USGO vs. PLG, ODV, TRX, VOXR, HYMC, VGZ, GORO, AUST, CHNR, and AUMN
Should you be buying U.S. GoldMining stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of U.S. GoldMining include Platinum Group Metals (PLG), Osisko Development (ODV), TRX Gold (TRX), Vox Royalty (VOXR), Hycroft Mining (HYMC), Vista Gold (VGZ), Gold Resource (GORO), Austin Gold (AUST), China Natural Resources (CHNR), and Golden Minerals (AUMN). These companies are all part of the "gold & silver ores" industry.
Platinum Group Metals (NYSE:PLG) and U.S. GoldMining (NASDAQ:USGO) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.
U.S. GoldMining has a consensus target price of $23.50, indicating a potential upside of 281.49%. Given Platinum Group Metals' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe U.S. GoldMining is more favorable than Platinum Group Metals.
Platinum Group Metals' return on equity of 0.00% beat U.S. GoldMining's return on equity.
U.S. GoldMining received 3 more outperform votes than Platinum Group Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.00% of users gave U.S. GoldMining an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Platinum Group Metals an outperform vote.
16.3% of Platinum Group Metals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.5% of U.S. GoldMining shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Platinum Group Metals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of U.S. GoldMining shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, U.S. GoldMining had 3 more articles in the media than Platinum Group Metals. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for U.S. GoldMining and 0 mentions for Platinum Group Metals. Platinum Group Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat U.S. GoldMining's score of 0.00 indicating that U.S. GoldMining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Platinum Group Metals has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, U.S. GoldMining has a beta of 2.38, suggesting that its stock price is 138% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
U.S. GoldMining beats Platinum Group Metals on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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