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US Gold (USAU) Competitors

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$16.33 +0.40 (+2.51%)
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USAU vs. ASM, LAC, NEXA, CRML, SGML, DC, LAAC, EU, LZM, and WRN

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

US Gold vs. Its Competitors

Avino Silver & Gold Mines (NYSE:ASM) and US Gold (NASDAQ:USAU) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Avino Silver & Gold Mines has a net margin of 6.57% compared to US Gold's net margin of 0.00%. Avino Silver & Gold Mines' return on equity of 12.13% beat US Gold's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Avino Silver & Gold Mines6.57% 12.13% 10.16%
US Gold N/A -73.81%-50.64%

3.1% of Avino Silver & Gold Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.6% of US Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of Avino Silver & Gold Mines shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.1% of US Gold shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Avino Silver & Gold Mines has higher revenue and earnings than US Gold. US Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Avino Silver & Gold Mines, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Avino Silver & Gold Mines$79.64M8.97$540K$0.1047.30
US GoldN/AN/A-$20.56M-$1.53-10.67

In the previous week, Avino Silver & Gold Mines had 1 more articles in the media than US Gold. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Avino Silver & Gold Mines and 5 mentions for US Gold. US Gold's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Avino Silver & Gold Mines' score of 0.29 indicating that US Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Avino Silver & Gold Mines
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
US Gold
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Avino Silver & Gold Mines presently has a consensus price target of $3.10, indicating a potential downside of 34.46%. US Gold has a consensus price target of $15.00, indicating a potential downside of 8.14%. Given US Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe US Gold is more favorable than Avino Silver & Gold Mines.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Avino Silver & Gold Mines
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
US Gold
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Avino Silver & Gold Mines has a beta of 1.61, indicating that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, US Gold has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Avino Silver & Gold Mines beats US Gold on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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USAU vs. The Competition

MetricUS GoldMINING IndustryMaterials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$228.56M$10.97B$3.64B$10.46B
Dividend YieldN/A1.41%5.06%4.57%
P/E Ratio-10.6728.68158.7226.86
Price / SalesN/A15.9317,777.91125.65
Price / CashN/A29.8024.2531.15
Price / Book17.954.586.716.50
Net Income-$20.56M$317.26M$149.17M$271.25M
7 Day Performance9.67%5.65%3.42%3.22%
1 Month Performance33.52%23.12%12.31%8.11%
1 Year Performance177.72%82.26%49.52%26.42%

US Gold Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
USAU
US Gold
1.2706 of 5 stars
$16.33
+2.5%
$15.00
-8.1%
+174.5%$228.56MN/A-10.674Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ASM
Avino Silver & Gold Mines
1.4835 of 5 stars
$4.60
+5.3%
$3.10
-32.6%
+330.0%$694.89M$79.64M230.1234Gap Up
LAC
Lithium Americas
1.8131 of 5 stars
$3.19
+11.5%
$4.15
+30.1%
+43.9%$691.16MN/A-13.87749Gap Up
High Trading Volume
NEXA
Nexa Resources
2.5852 of 5 stars
$5.13
+3.3%
$5.70
+11.2%
-26.4%$656.90M$2.79B-7.545,253Positive News
High Trading Volume
CRML
Critical Metals
N/A$6.69
+7.6%
N/A-1.3%$613.30MN/A0.004Gap Up
SGML
Sigma Lithium
2.958 of 5 stars
$5.81
+7.4%
$12.00
+106.5%
-45.0%$602.20M$152.36M-13.20250Positive News
Gap Up
DC
Dakota Gold
2.4911 of 5 stars
$4.90
+1.9%
$10.50
+114.3%
+109.3%$550.49MN/A-11.9520Gap Up
High Trading Volume
LAAC
Lithium Americas (Argentina)
N/A$3.02
-3.2%
N/A+32.3%$489.04MN/A0.39850Gap Up
EU
enCore Energy
2.1474 of 5 stars
$2.52
+13.0%
$4.00
+58.7%
-23.9%$417.22M$58.33M-7.20N/AAnalyst Upgrade
Gap Up
LZM
Lifezone Metals
1.4633 of 5 stars
$4.88
+5.8%
$14.00
+186.9%
-18.9%$360.82M$140K0.0084Positive News
High Trading Volume
WRN
Western Copper & Gold
1.2611 of 5 stars
$1.71
+2.4%
$4.00
+133.9%
+47.2%$344.82MN/A-85.508Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:USAU) was last updated on 9/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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