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USAU vs. SGML, LAC, EU, ASM, LAAC, DC, CRML, LZM, WRN, and THM

Should you be buying US Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of US Gold include Sigma Lithium (SGML), Lithium Americas (LAC), enCore Energy (EU), Avino Silver & Gold Mines (ASM), Lithium Americas (Argentina) (LAAC), Dakota Gold (DC), Critical Metals (CRML), Lifezone Metals (LZM), Western Copper & Gold (WRN), and International Tower Hill Mines (THM). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.

US Gold vs. Its Competitors

US Gold (NASDAQ:USAU) and Sigma Lithium (NASDAQ:SGML) are both small-cap non-metallic and industrial metal mining companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

US Gold has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Sigma Lithium's net margin of -24.36%. Sigma Lithium's return on equity of -35.85% beat US Gold's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
US GoldN/A -96.02% -57.53%
Sigma Lithium -24.36%-35.85%-10.76%

US Gold has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sigma Lithium has a beta of 0.07, suggesting that its stock price is 93% less volatile than the S&P 500.

US Gold has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Sigma Lithium. Sigma Lithium is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than US Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
US GoldN/AN/A-$20.56M-$1.78-6.58
Sigma Lithium$155.92M3.71-$51.07M-$0.37-14.05

6.6% of US Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.9% of Sigma Lithium shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.1% of US Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 48.6% of Sigma Lithium shares are owned by company 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.

US Gold presently has a consensus price target of $14.67, indicating a potential upside of 25.14%. Sigma Lithium has a consensus price target of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 246.15%. Given Sigma Lithium's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Sigma Lithium is more favorable than US Gold.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
US Gold
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Sigma Lithium
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, US Gold had 17 more articles in the media than Sigma Lithium. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for US Gold and 1 mentions for Sigma Lithium. US Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Sigma Lithium's score of 0.00 indicating that US Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
US Gold
2 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Sigma Lithium
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

US Gold and Sigma Lithium tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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USAU vs. The Competition

MetricUS GoldMINING IndustryMaterials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$163.96M$8.82B$3.27B$9.56B
Dividend YieldN/A1.36%5.18%4.17%
P/E Ratio-6.5818.28107.4425.14
Price / SalesN/A16.7535,179,415,501,999,500.0076.13
Price / CashN/A23.7323.9258.58
Price / Book12.883.615.995.59
Net Income-$20.56M$318.36M$148.72M$265.48M
7 Day Performance13.02%10.24%3.24%1.22%
1 Month Performance-4.48%14.25%4.11%0.39%
1 Year Performance127.57%65.94%36.66%23.47%

US Gold Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
USAU
US Gold
2.9754 of 5 stars
$11.72
+0.3%
$14.67
+25.1%
+134.9%$163.96MN/A-6.584News Coverage
Analyst Revision
SGML
Sigma Lithium
2.8002 of 5 stars
$5.08
flat
$18.00
+254.3%
-42.5%$565.31M$155.92M-13.73250Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
LAC
Lithium Americas
1.8187 of 5 stars
$2.66
+4.1%
$3.88
+46.0%
+22.4%$558.21MN/A-16.59749Upcoming Earnings
EU
enCore Energy
2.1601 of 5 stars
$2.68
+5.5%
$3.38
+25.9%
-14.3%$475.13M$58.33M-7.24N/APositive News
ASM
Avino Silver & Gold Mines
1.2073 of 5 stars
$3.37
+4.3%
$2.58
-23.6%
+336.5%$471.20M$72.62M168.5834Short Interest ↑
Gap Up
LAAC
Lithium Americas (Argentina)
3.4538 of 5 stars
$2.62
-1.1%
$4.25
+62.2%
+15.5%$424.26MN/A0.34850Upcoming Earnings
DC
Dakota Gold
2.7864 of 5 stars
$3.76
+4.2%
$10.50
+179.3%
+114.4%$422.15MN/A-9.1720Positive News
CRML
Critical Metals
N/A$3.75
-1.6%
N/A-54.2%$375.67MN/A0.004Gap Up
LZM
Lifezone Metals
N/A$4.06
-3.1%
$14.00
+244.8%
-25.9%$327.95M$140K0.0084
WRN
Western Copper & Gold
1.4302 of 5 stars
$1.25
+4.2%
$4.00
+220.0%
+19.0%$250.69MN/A-62.508
THM
International Tower Hill Mines
N/A$1.18
+4.4%
N/AN/A$245.30MN/A-59.003Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:USAU) was last updated on 8/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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