VGCX vs. AR, GAU, IAU, CNL, JAG, GOLD, ITH, and ORA
Should you be buying Victoria Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Victoria Gold include Argonaut Gold (AR), Galiano Gold (GAU), i-80 Gold (IAU), Collective Mining (CNL), Jaguar Mining (JAG), GoldMining (GOLD), International Tower Hill Mines (ITH), and Aura Minerals (ORA). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Victoria Gold (TSE:VGCX) and Argonaut Gold (TSE:AR) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings.
Victoria Gold currently has a consensus price target of C$13.38, indicating a potential upside of 87.59%. Argonaut Gold has a consensus price target of C$0.50, indicating a potential upside of 17.65%. Given Victoria Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Victoria Gold is more favorable than Argonaut Gold.
Argonaut Gold has a net margin of 10.27% compared to Victoria Gold's net margin of 6.03%. Victoria Gold's return on equity of 4.43% beat Argonaut Gold's return on equity.
Argonaut Gold has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Victoria Gold. Argonaut Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Victoria Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Victoria Gold has a beta of 1.76, indicating that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Argonaut Gold has a beta of 1.72, indicating that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Victoria Gold had 3 more articles in the media than Argonaut Gold. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Victoria Gold and 2 mentions for Argonaut Gold. Argonaut Gold's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Victoria Gold's score of 0.00 indicating that Argonaut Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
42.4% of Victoria Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.2% of Argonaut Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.9% of Victoria Gold shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.3% of Argonaut Gold shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Argonaut Gold received 431 more outperform votes than Victoria Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.78% of users gave Argonaut Gold an outperform vote while only 29.03% of users gave Victoria Gold an outperform vote.
Summary
Victoria Gold beats Argonaut Gold on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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