CHNR vs. AUST, AUMN, NEM, AEM, GOLD, WPM, FNV, GFI, AU, and KGC
Should you be buying China Natural Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of China Natural Resources include Austin Gold (AUST), Golden Minerals (AUMN), Newmont (NEM), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Barrick Gold (GOLD), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Gold Fields (GFI), AngloGold Ashanti (AU), and Kinross Gold (KGC). These companies are all part of the "gold & silver ores" industry.
Austin Gold (NYSE:AUST) and China Natural Resources (NASDAQ:CHNR) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.
62.1% of Austin Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of China Natural Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 70.7% of Austin Gold shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 23.2% of China Natural Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Austin Gold currently has a consensus price target of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 204.51%. Given China Natural Resources' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Austin Gold is more favorable than China Natural Resources.
In the previous week, Austin Gold had 14 more articles in the media than China Natural Resources. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Austin Gold and 3 mentions for China Natural Resources. Austin Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat China Natural Resources' score of 0.02 indicating that China Natural Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
China Natural Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Austin Gold.
Austin Gold has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, China Natural Resources has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 33.20% of users gave China Natural Resources an outperform vote.
Summary
Austin Gold beats China Natural Resources on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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