HYMC vs. PLG, ODV, VOXR, RCFA, TRX, USGO, VGZ, GORO, AUST, and CHNR
Should you be buying Hycroft Mining stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hycroft Mining include Platinum Group Metals (PLG), Osisko Development (ODV), Vox Royalty (VOXR), RCF Acquisition (RCFA), TRX Gold (TRX), U.S. GoldMining (USGO), Vista Gold (VGZ), Gold Resource (GORO), Austin Gold (AUST), and China Natural Resources (CHNR). These companies are all part of the "gold & silver ores" industry.
Platinum Group Metals (NYSE:PLG) and Hycroft Mining (NASDAQ:HYMC) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
Hycroft Mining's return on equity of -11.73% beat Platinum Group Metals' return on equity.
Platinum Group Metals has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hycroft Mining.
Hycroft Mining received 6 more outperform votes than Platinum Group Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.55% of users gave Hycroft Mining an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Platinum Group Metals an outperform vote.
16.3% of Platinum Group Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.4% of Hycroft Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Platinum Group Metals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Hycroft Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Platinum Group Metals has a beta of 1.71, meaning that its share price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hycroft Mining has a beta of 2.03, meaning that its share price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Hycroft Mining had 2 more articles in the media than Platinum Group Metals. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Hycroft Mining and 0 mentions for Platinum Group Metals. Platinum Group Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Hycroft Mining's score of 0.80 indicating that Hycroft Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Hycroft Mining beats Platinum Group Metals on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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