USAU vs. WWR, NB, ASM, AMLI, CGA, GORO, HYFM, LODE, FSI, and UAMY
Should you be buying U.S. Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of U.S. Gold include Westwater Resources (WWR), NioCorp Developments (NB), Avino Silver & Gold Mines (ASM), American Lithium (AMLI), China Green Agriculture (CGA), Gold Resource (GORO), Hydrofarm Holdings Group (HYFM), Comstock (LODE), Flexible Solutions International (FSI), and United States Antimony (UAMY). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Westwater Resources (NASDAQ:WWR) and U.S. Gold (NASDAQ:USAU) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
U.S. Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Westwater Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
U.S. Gold has a consensus price target of $14.50, suggesting a potential upside of 215.22%. Given Westwater Resources' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe U.S. Gold is more favorable than Westwater Resources.
U.S. Gold's return on equity of -5.56% beat Westwater Resources' return on equity.
Westwater Resources received 140 more outperform votes than U.S. Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.82% of users gave U.S. Gold an outperform vote while only 65.95% of users gave Westwater Resources an outperform vote.
In the previous week, U.S. Gold had 6 more articles in the media than Westwater Resources. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for U.S. Gold and 2 mentions for Westwater Resources. Westwater Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat U.S. Gold's score of 0.00 indicating that U.S. Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Westwater Resources has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, U.S. Gold has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
7.7% of Westwater Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.6% of U.S. Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of Westwater Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.6% of U.S. Gold shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Westwater Resources and U.S. Gold tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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