AUST vs. CHNR, AUMN, FMST, ELBM, GURE, MGIH, ZKIN, WWR, FSI, and UAMY
Should you be buying Austin Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Austin Gold include China Natural Resources (CHNR), Golden Minerals (AUMN), Foremost Lithium Resource & Technology (FMST), Electra Battery Materials (ELBM), Gulf Resources (GURE), Millennium Group International (MGIH), ZK International Group (ZKIN), Westwater Resources (WWR), Flexible Solutions International (FSI), and United States Antimony (UAMY). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
China Natural Resources (NASDAQ:CHNR) and Austin Gold (NYSE:AUST) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.
China Natural Resources received 84 more outperform votes than Austin Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Austin Gold an outperform vote while only 34.54% of users gave China Natural Resources an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Austin Gold had 18 more articles in the media than China Natural Resources. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Austin Gold and 3 mentions for China Natural Resources. Austin Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat China Natural Resources' score of 0.13 indicating that China Natural Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
China Natural Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Austin Gold.
China Natural Resources has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Austin Gold has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Austin Gold has a consensus target price of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 203.46%. Given China Natural Resources' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Austin Gold is more favorable than China Natural Resources.
Austin Gold's return on equity of 0.00% beat China Natural Resources' return on equity.
0.0% of China Natural Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.1% of Austin Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 23.2% of China Natural Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 70.7% of Austin Gold shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Austin Gold beats China Natural Resources on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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