WWR vs. USAU, NB, ASM, FSI, UAMY, ZKIN, MGIH, GURE, ELBM, and FMST
Should you be buying Westwater Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Westwater Resources include U.S. Gold (USAU), NioCorp Developments (NB), Avino Silver & Gold Mines (ASM), Flexible Solutions International (FSI), United States Antimony (UAMY), ZK International Group (ZKIN), Millennium Group International (MGIH), Gulf Resources (GURE), Electra Battery Materials (ELBM), and Foremost Lithium Resource & Technology (FMST). 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 stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.
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 66.08% of users gave Westwater Resources an outperform vote.
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.
Westwater Resources' return on equity of -5.56% beat U.S. Gold's return on equity.
In the previous week, U.S. Gold had 6 more articles in the media than Westwater Resources. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for U.S. Gold and 1 mentions for Westwater Resources. U.S. Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.11 beat Westwater Resources' score of 0.00 indicating that U.S. Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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, 9.8% of U.S. Gold shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Westwater Resources has a beta of 1.65, indicating that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, U.S. Gold has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
U.S. Gold has a consensus target price of $14.50, indicating a potential upside of 228.05%. Given U.S. Gold's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe U.S. Gold is more favorable than Westwater Resources.
Summary
Westwater Resources and U.S. Gold tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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