GORO vs. VGZ, USGO, AUST, HYMC, VOXR, TRX, PLG, ODV, CGA, and FEAM
Should you be buying Gold Resource stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gold Resource include Vista Gold (VGZ), U.S. GoldMining (USGO), Austin Gold (AUST), Hycroft Mining (HYMC), Vox Royalty (VOXR), TRX Gold (TRX), Platinum Group Metals (PLG), Osisko Development (ODV), China Green Agriculture (CGA), and 5E Advanced Materials (FEAM). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Gold Resource (NYSE:GORO) and Vista Gold (NYSE:VGZ) 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 media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and dividends.
18.4% of Gold Resource shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.3% of Vista Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Gold Resource shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Vista Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Gold Resource and Vista Gold both received 1 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 16.67% of users gave Gold Resource an outperform vote while only 2.33% of users gave Vista Gold an outperform vote.
Gold Resource has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vista Gold has a beta of 1.71, indicating that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Vista Gold has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Gold Resource. Vista Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gold Resource, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Gold Resource had 5 more articles in the media than Vista Gold. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Gold Resource and 6 mentions for Vista Gold. Vista Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Gold Resource's score of 0.08 indicating that Vista Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Vista Gold has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Gold Resource's net margin of -16.39%. Gold Resource's return on equity of -15.48% beat Vista Gold's return on equity.
Gold Resource currently has a consensus target price of $1.50, suggesting a potential upside of 246.26%. Vista Gold has a consensus target price of $2.50, suggesting a potential upside of 409.68%. Given Vista Gold's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Vista Gold is more favorable than Gold Resource.
Summary
Vista Gold beats Gold Resource on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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