U.S. GoldMining (USGO) Competitors

Gold Royalty (NYSE:GROY) and U.S. GoldMining (NASDAQ:USGO) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment and profitability.

Which has more risk & volatility, GROY or USGO?

Gold Royalty has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, U.S. GoldMining has a beta of 2.43, indicating that its share price is 143% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer GROY or USGO?

In the previous week, Gold Royalty had 1 more articles in the media than U.S. GoldMining. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Gold Royalty and 3 mentions for U.S. GoldMining. U.S. GoldMining's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Gold Royalty's score of 0.00 indicating that U.S. GoldMining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Gold Royalty	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
U.S. GoldMining	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in GROY or USGO?

33.8% of Gold Royalty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.5% of U.S. GoldMining shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of U.S. GoldMining shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend GROY or USGO?

Gold Royalty presently has a consensus price target of $3.31, indicating a potential upside of 120.83%. U.S. GoldMining has a consensus price target of $26.50, indicating a potential upside of 174.90%. Given U.S. GoldMining's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe U.S. GoldMining is more favorable than Gold Royalty.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gold Royalty	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
U.S. GoldMining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GROY or USGO?

U.S. GoldMining received 1 more outperform votes than Gold Royalty when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 87.50% of users gave U.S. GoldMining an outperform vote while only 85.71% of users gave Gold Royalty an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Gold Royalty	Outperform Votes 6 85.71%	Underperform Votes 1 14.29%
U.S. GoldMining	Outperform Votes 7 87.50%	Underperform Votes 1 12.50%

Which has better valuation and earnings, GROY or USGO?

U.S. GoldMining has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Gold Royalty.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Gold Royalty	$10.10M	25.31	-$26.76M	-$0.02	-75.00
U.S. GoldMining	N/A	N/A	-$9.36M	N/A	N/A

Is GROY or USGO more profitable?

U.S. GoldMining has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Gold Royalty's net margin of -252.16%. Gold Royalty's return on equity of 0.46% beat U.S. GoldMining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gold Royalty	-252.16%	0.46%	0.35%
U.S. GoldMining	N/A	-71.04%	-65.02%

Summary

U.S. GoldMining beats Gold Royalty on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.