U.S. GoldMining (USGO) Competitors

i-80 Gold (NYSE:IAUX) and U.S. GoldMining (NASDAQ:USGO) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer IAUX or USGO?

U.S. GoldMining received 3 more outperform votes than i-80 Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.78% of users gave U.S. GoldMining an outperform vote while only 44.44% of users gave i-80 Gold an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
i-80 Gold	Outperform Votes 4 44.44%	Underperform Votes 5 55.56%
U.S. GoldMining	Outperform Votes 7 77.78%	Underperform Votes 2 22.22%

Which has more risk and volatility, IAUX or USGO?

i-80 Gold has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, U.S. GoldMining has a beta of 2.15, meaning that its stock price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer IAUX or USGO?

In the previous week, i-80 Gold had 1 more articles in the media than U.S. GoldMining. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for i-80 Gold and 5 mentions for U.S. GoldMining. i-80 Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat U.S. GoldMining's score of 0.38 indicating that i-80 Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
i-80 Gold	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
U.S. GoldMining	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate IAUX or USGO?

i-80 Gold currently has a consensus target price of $2.17, suggesting a potential upside of 225.81%. U.S. GoldMining has a consensus target price of $26.50, suggesting a potential upside of 173.20%. Given i-80 Gold's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe i-80 Gold is more favorable than U.S. GoldMining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
i-80 Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
U.S. GoldMining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is IAUX or USGO more profitable?

U.S. GoldMining has a net margin of 0.00% compared to i-80 Gold's net margin of -231.43%. i-80 Gold's return on equity of -21.18% beat U.S. GoldMining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
i-80 Gold	-231.43%	-21.18%	-12.67%
U.S. GoldMining	N/A	-71.04%	-65.02%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of IAUX or USGO?

61.3% of i-80 Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.5% of U.S. GoldMining shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of i-80 Gold shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of U.S. GoldMining shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, IAUX or USGO?

U.S. GoldMining has lower revenue, but higher earnings than i-80 Gold. U.S. GoldMining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than i-80 Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
i-80 Gold	$55.97M	9.36	-$65.20M	-$0.34	-1.96
U.S. GoldMining	N/A	N/A	-$9.36M	-$0.71	-13.66

Summary

i-80 Gold beats U.S. GoldMining on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.