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USAU vs. NEXA, ASM, LAC, EU, DC, LAR, LAAC, LZM, CRML, and WRN

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

US Gold vs. Its Competitors

Nexa Resources (NYSE:NEXA) and US Gold (NASDAQ:USAU) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Nexa Resources$2.77B0.23-$205.03M-$1.27-3.74
US GoldN/AN/A-$6.90M-$1.36-8.23

US Gold has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Nexa Resources' net margin of -5.97%. Nexa Resources' return on equity of -5.97% beat US Gold's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Nexa Resources-5.97% -5.97% -1.49%
US Gold N/A -79.36%-54.15%

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

Nexa Resources currently has a consensus target price of $5.90, suggesting a potential upside of 24.21%. US Gold has a consensus target price of $14.33, suggesting a potential upside of 28.09%. Given US Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe US Gold is more favorable than Nexa Resources.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Nexa Resources
3 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.40
US Gold
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Nexa Resources had 3 more articles in the media than US Gold. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Nexa Resources and 1 mentions for US Gold. US Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Nexa Resources' score of -0.18 indicating that US Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Nexa Resources
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
US Gold
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Nexa Resources has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, US Gold has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

US Gold beats Nexa Resources on 9 of the 15 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$156.23M$7.59B$3.25B$9.41B
Dividend YieldN/A1.51%5.16%4.03%
P/E Ratio-8.2344.24106.1719.82
Price / SalesN/A15.7530,017,513,221,228,500.0098.96
Price / CashN/A20.7923.8658.27
Price / Book5.983.596.005.65
Net Income-$6.90M$318.68M$147.94M$257.91M
7 Day Performance-8.65%0.44%0.41%2.09%
1 Month Performance-8.20%4.59%5.16%11.13%
1 Year Performance85.88%38.74%25.97%18.40%

US Gold Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
USAU
US Gold
2.0838 of 5 stars
$11.19
-0.6%
$14.33
+28.1%
+75.1%$156.23MN/A-8.234
NEXA
Nexa Resources
1.4886 of 5 stars
$4.98
-0.3%
$6.46
+29.6%
-37.0%$659.95M$2.77B-3.925,253Analyst Downgrade
High Trading Volume
ASM
Avino Silver & Gold Mines
1.742 of 5 stars
$4.29
+1.7%
$2.58
-40.0%
+275.8%$625.84M$72.62M214.6134High Trading Volume
LAC
Lithium Americas
1.2848 of 5 stars
$2.86
+0.2%
$3.88
+35.7%
+9.5%$624.96MN/A-17.84749
EU
enCore Energy
0.9179 of 5 stars
$2.79
+4.1%
$2.75
-1.4%
-28.6%$521.90M$58.33M-7.54N/APositive News
DC
Dakota Gold
1.3267 of 5 stars
$4.21
+1.7%
$10.50
+149.4%
+66.4%$418.80MN/A-10.2720
LAR
Lithium Americas (Argentina)
1.9288 of 5 stars
$2.53
+0.4%
$3.25
+28.5%
N/A$409.61MN/A-36.14850News Coverage
Positive News
LAAC
Lithium Americas (Argentina)
2.9545 of 5 stars
$2.52
+3.7%
$4.25
+68.7%
-23.3%$408.07MN/A0.32850
LZM
Lifezone Metals
1.8875 of 5 stars
$4.21
-1.9%
$14.00
+232.5%
-49.7%$329.52M$140.52K0.0084News Coverage
CRML
Critical Metals
N/A$2.98
-0.7%
N/A-59.9%$293.83MN/A0.004News Coverage
High Trading Volume
WRN
Western Copper & Gold
1.941 of 5 stars
$1.33
flat
$4.00
+200.8%
N/A$266.31MN/A-66.508News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:USAU) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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