HYMC vs. PLG, ODV, TRX, VOXR, USGO, VGZ, GORO, AUST, CHNR, and AUMN
Should you be buying Hycroft Mining stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hycroft Mining include Platinum Group Metals (PLG), Osisko Development (ODV), TRX Gold (TRX), Vox Royalty (VOXR), U.S. GoldMining (USGO), 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.
Hycroft Mining (NASDAQ:HYMC) and Platinum Group Metals (NYSE:PLG) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Hycroft Mining received 6 more outperform votes than Platinum Group Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.55% of users gave Hycroft Mining an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Platinum Group Metals an outperform vote.
7.4% of Hycroft Mining shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.3% of Platinum Group Metals shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Hycroft Mining shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Platinum Group Metals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Hycroft Mining had 2 more articles in the media than Platinum Group Metals. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Hycroft Mining and 0 mentions for Platinum Group Metals. Hycroft Mining's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Platinum Group Metals' score of 0.00 indicating that Hycroft Mining is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Platinum Group Metals has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hycroft Mining.
Hycroft Mining has a beta of 2, suggesting that its share price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Platinum Group Metals has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Platinum Group Metals' return on equity of -10.96% beat Hycroft Mining's return on equity.
Summary
Hycroft Mining beats Platinum Group Metals on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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