AUST vs. CHNR, AUMN, GORO, FMST, ELBM, GURE, MGIH, ZKIN, UAMY, and WWR
Should you be buying Austin Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Austin Gold include China Natural Resources (CHNR), Golden Minerals (AUMN), Gold Resource (GORO), Foremost Lithium Resource & Technology (FMST), Electra Battery Materials (ELBM), Gulf Resources (GURE), Millennium Group International (MGIH), ZK International Group (ZKIN), United States Antimony (UAMY), and Westwater Resources (WWR). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
China Natural Resources (NASDAQ:CHNR) and Austin Gold (NYSE:AUST) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment and profitability.
Austin Gold has a consensus price target of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 212.66%. Given China Natural Resources' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Austin Gold is more favorable than China Natural Resources.
China Natural Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Austin Gold.
Austin Gold's return on equity of 0.00% beat China Natural Resources' return on equity.
China Natural Resources received 84 more outperform votes than Austin Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Austin Gold an outperform vote while only 34.40% of users gave China Natural Resources an outperform vote.
China Natural Resources has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Austin Gold has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
0.0% of China Natural Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.1% of Austin Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.2% of China Natural Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 70.7% of Austin Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Austin Gold had 20 more articles in the media than China Natural Resources. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Austin Gold and 4 mentions for China Natural Resources. Austin Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat China Natural Resources' score of 0.27 indicating that China Natural Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Austin Gold beats China Natural Resources on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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