IAU vs. GAU, AR, ORA, VGCX, KRR, CNL, JAG, and GOLD
Should you be buying i-80 Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of i-80 Gold include Galiano Gold (GAU), Argonaut Gold (AR), Aura Minerals (ORA), Victoria Gold (VGCX), Karora Resources (KRR), Collective Mining (CNL), Jaguar Mining (JAG), and GoldMining (GOLD). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Galiano Gold (TSE:GAU) and i-80 Gold (TSE:IAU) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.
Galiano Gold has a net margin of 40.49% compared to Galiano Gold's net margin of -115.35%. i-80 Gold's return on equity of 6.24% beat Galiano Gold's return on equity.
Galiano Gold has higher earnings, but lower revenue than i-80 Gold. i-80 Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Galiano Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Galiano Gold has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, i-80 Gold has a beta of 1.89, indicating that its stock price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.
46.7% of Galiano Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.4% of i-80 Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 23.4% of Galiano Gold shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.8% of i-80 Gold shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Galiano Gold received 9 more outperform votes than i-80 Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave i-80 Gold an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Galiano Gold an outperform vote.
Galiano Gold currently has a consensus target price of C$1.88, indicating a potential downside of 19.87%. Given i-80 Gold's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Galiano Gold is more favorable than i-80 Gold.
In the previous week, Galiano Gold had 1 more articles in the media than i-80 Gold. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Galiano Gold and 2 mentions for i-80 Gold. i-80 Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Galiano Gold's score of -1.50 indicating that Galiano Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Galiano Gold beats i-80 Gold on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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