DC vs. AMLI, ASM, NB, TMC, MTAL, LAC, LAAC, TG, PLL, and ATLX
Should you be buying Dakota Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dakota Gold include American Lithium (AMLI), Avino Silver & Gold Mines (ASM), NioCorp Developments (NB), TMC the metals (TMC), Metals Acquisition (MTAL), Lithium Americas (LAC), Lithium Americas (Argentina) (LAAC), Tredegar (TG), Piedmont Lithium (PLL), and Atlas Lithium (ATLX). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
American Lithium (NASDAQ:AMLI) 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 dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Dakota Gold's return on equity of -21.89% beat American Lithium's return on equity.
In the previous week, Dakota Gold had 11 more articles in the media than American Lithium. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Dakota Gold and 3 mentions for American Lithium. Dakota Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat American Lithium's score of 0.12 indicating that American Lithium is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Dakota Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Lithium, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
7.7% of American Lithium shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.4% of Dakota Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.0% of Dakota Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
American Lithium and Dakota Gold both received 2 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.
American Lithium has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dakota Gold has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
American Lithium beats Dakota Gold on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
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