Dakota Gold (DC) Competitors

Metals Acquisition (NYSE:MTAL) and Dakota Gold (NYSE:DC) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, community ranking and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MTAL or DC?

Metals Acquisition received 6 more outperform votes than Dakota Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave Dakota Gold an outperform vote while only 62.50% of users gave Metals Acquisition an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Metals Acquisition	Outperform Votes 10 62.50%	Underperform Votes 6 37.50%
Dakota Gold	Outperform Votes 4 80.00%	Underperform Votes 1 20.00%

Which has better valuation and earnings, MTAL or DC?

Dakota Gold has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Metals Acquisition.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Metals Acquisition	$340.74M	2.96	-$144.55M	N/A	N/A
Dakota Gold	N/A	N/A	-$36.45M	-$0.31	-12.50

Is MTAL or DC more profitable?

Metals Acquisition's return on equity of 0.00% beat Dakota Gold's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Metals Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A
Dakota Gold	N/A	-37.64%	-35.60%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of MTAL or DC?

87.5% of Metals Acquisition shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.4% of Dakota Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Metals Acquisition shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.4% of Dakota 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, MTAL or DC?

Metals Acquisition has a beta of 0.39, suggesting that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dakota Gold has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to MTAL or DC?

In the previous week, Metals Acquisition and Metals Acquisition both had 2 articles in the media. Metals Acquisition's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Dakota Gold's score of 0.61 indicating that Metals Acquisition is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Metals Acquisition	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Dakota Gold	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate MTAL or DC?

Metals Acquisition currently has a consensus target price of $12.63, indicating a potential upside of 3.36%. Dakota Gold has a consensus target price of $9.75, indicating a potential upside of 151.61%. Given Dakota Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Dakota Gold is more favorable than Metals Acquisition.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Metals Acquisition	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Dakota Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Dakota Gold beats Metals Acquisition on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.