GURE vs. AUST, FMST, MGIH, ELBM, AUMN, CHNR, ZKIN, UAMY, FSI, and WWR
Should you be buying Gulf Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gulf Resources include Austin Gold (AUST), Foremost Lithium Resource & Technology (FMST), Millennium Group International (MGIH), Electra Battery Materials (ELBM), Golden Minerals (AUMN), China Natural Resources (CHNR), ZK International Group (ZKIN), United States Antimony (UAMY), Flexible Solutions International (FSI), and Westwater Resources (WWR). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Austin Gold (NYSE:AUST) and Gulf Resources (NASDAQ:GURE) 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 dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and valuation.
Gulf Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Austin Gold. Austin Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gulf Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Austin Gold has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Austin Gold's net margin of -13.66%. Austin Gold's return on equity of -2.14% beat Gulf Resources' return on equity.
In the previous week, Austin Gold had 21 more articles in the media than Gulf Resources. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Austin Gold and 4 mentions for Gulf Resources. Gulf Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat Austin Gold's score of 0.16 indicating that Austin Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Austin Gold has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gulf Resources has a beta of 0.25, meaning that its share price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Gulf Resources received 120 more outperform votes than Austin Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Austin Gold an outperform vote while only 62.24% of users gave Gulf Resources an outperform vote.
Austin Gold presently has a consensus price target of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 207.94%. Given Gulf Resources' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Austin Gold is more favorable than Gulf Resources.
62.1% of Austin Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.3% of Gulf Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 70.7% of Austin Gold shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 22.8% of Gulf Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Austin Gold beats Gulf Resources on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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