Hycroft Mining (HYMC) Competitors

New Found Gold (NYSE:NFGC) and Hycroft Mining (NASDAQ:HYMC) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NFGC or HYMC?

New Found Gold received 3 more outperform votes than Hycroft Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 100.00% of users gave New Found Gold an outperform vote while only 54.55% of users gave Hycroft Mining an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
New Found Gold	Outperform Votes 9 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Hycroft Mining	Outperform Votes 6 54.55%	Underperform Votes 5 45.45%

Does the media favor NFGC or HYMC?

In the previous week, Hycroft Mining had 9 more articles in the media than New Found Gold. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Hycroft Mining and 2 mentions for New Found Gold. New Found Gold's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Hycroft Mining's score of 0.35 indicating that New Found Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
New Found Gold	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Hycroft Mining	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer NFGC or HYMC?

New Found Gold presently has a consensus price target of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 226.80%. Given New Found Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe New Found Gold is more favorable than Hycroft Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
New Found Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Hycroft Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is NFGC or HYMC more profitable?

New Found Gold's return on equity of -82.80% beat Hycroft Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
New Found Gold	N/A	-82.80%	-68.88%
Hycroft Mining	N/A	-1,270.82%	-36.23%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, NFGC or HYMC?

Hycroft Mining has higher revenue and earnings than New Found Gold. New Found Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hycroft Mining, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
New Found Gold	N/A	N/A	-$59.18M	-$0.20	-7.65
Hycroft Mining	$33.23M	2.41	-$55.02M	-$2.13	-1.51

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of NFGC or HYMC?

3.4% of New Found Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.4% of Hycroft Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Hycroft Mining shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, NFGC or HYMC?

New Found Gold has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hycroft Mining has a beta of 2.21, meaning that its share price is 121% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

New Found Gold and Hycroft Mining tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.