PPTA vs. VZLA, ARMN, MUX, ODV, EXK, TRX, PLG, GATO, NFGC, and VOXR
Should you be buying Perpetua Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Perpetua Resources include Vizsla Silver (VZLA), Aris Mining (ARMN), McEwen Mining (MUX), Osisko Development (ODV), Endeavour Silver (EXK), TRX Gold (TRX), Platinum Group Metals (PLG), Gatos Silver (GATO), New Found Gold (NFGC), and Vox Royalty (VOXR). These companies are all part of the "gold & silver ores" industry.
Vizsla Silver (NYSE:VZLA) and Perpetua Resources (NASDAQ:PPTA) 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 institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking and profitability.
Vizsla Silver has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Perpetua Resources has a beta of 0.4, suggesting that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Perpetua Resources received 6 more outperform votes than Vizsla Silver when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.23% of users gave Vizsla Silver an outperform vote while only 62.50% of users gave Perpetua Resources an outperform vote.
Vizsla Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Perpetua Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Vizsla Silver had 7 more articles in the media than Perpetua Resources. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Vizsla Silver and 4 mentions for Perpetua Resources. Perpetua Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Vizsla Silver's score of -0.31 indicating that Vizsla Silver is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Vizsla Silver presently has a consensus target price of $3.25, suggesting a potential upside of 130.50%. Perpetua Resources has a consensus target price of $10.25, suggesting a potential upside of 67.21%. Given Perpetua Resources' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Vizsla Silver is more favorable than Perpetua Resources.
22.5% of Vizsla Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.1% of Perpetua Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.9% of Vizsla Silver shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Perpetua Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Perpetua Resources' return on equity of -7.64% beat Vizsla Silver's return on equity.
Summary
Vizsla Silver beats Perpetua Resources on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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