Hycroft Mining (HYMC) Competitors

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

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, HYMC or GROY?

Gold Royalty has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hycroft Mining. Gold Royalty 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
Hycroft Mining	$33.23M	2.55	-$55.02M	-$2.66	-1.27
Gold Royalty	$10.10M	24.47	-$26.76M	-$0.02	-72.50

Do analysts rate HYMC or GROY?

Gold Royalty has a consensus target price of $3.31, suggesting a potential upside of 128.45%. Given Gold Royalty's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Gold Royalty is more favorable than Hycroft Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hycroft Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Gold Royalty	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is HYMC or GROY more profitable?

Hycroft Mining has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Gold Royalty's net margin of -252.16%. Gold Royalty's return on equity of 0.46% beat Hycroft Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hycroft Mining	N/A	-1,270.82%	-36.23%
Gold Royalty	-252.16%	0.46%	0.35%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in HYMC or GROY?

7.4% of Hycroft Mining shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.8% of Gold Royalty shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Hycroft Mining shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor HYMC or GROY?

In the previous week, Hycroft Mining had 3 more articles in the media than Gold Royalty. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Hycroft Mining and 0 mentions for Gold Royalty. Hycroft Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Gold Royalty's score of 0.00 indicating that Hycroft Mining is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Hycroft Mining	Positive
Gold Royalty	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HYMC or GROY?

Hycroft Mining and Gold Royalty both received 6 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 85.71% of users gave Gold Royalty an outperform vote while only 54.55% of users gave Hycroft Mining an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hycroft Mining	Outperform Votes 6 54.55%	Underperform Votes 5 45.45%
Gold Royalty	Outperform Votes 6 85.71%	Underperform Votes 1 14.29%

Which has more risk and volatility, HYMC or GROY?

Hycroft Mining has a beta of 2.1, meaning that its stock price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gold Royalty has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Gold Royalty beats Hycroft Mining on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.