DRD vs. NFGC, TGB, GATO, EXK, MUX, FSM, VZLA, PPTA, SA, and ODV
Should you be buying DRDGOLD stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DRDGOLD include New Found Gold (NFGC), Taseko Mines (TGB), Gatos Silver (GATO), Endeavour Silver (EXK), McEwen Mining (MUX), Fortuna Silver Mines (FSM), Vizsla Silver (VZLA), Perpetua Resources (PPTA), Seabridge Gold (SA), and Osisko Development (ODV). These companies are all part of the "gold & silver ores" industry.
DRDGOLD (NYSE:DRD) and New Found Gold (NYSE:NFGC) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.
DRDGOLD's return on equity of 0.00% beat New Found Gold's return on equity.
DRDGOLD has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, New Found Gold has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
14.7% of DRDGOLD shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.4% of New Found Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of DRDGOLD shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
DRDGOLD received 175 more outperform votes than New Found Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave New Found Gold an outperform vote while only 60.13% of users gave DRDGOLD an outperform vote.
DRDGOLD currently has a consensus target price of $13.25, indicating a potential upside of 61.59%. New Found Gold has a consensus target price of $9.00, indicating a potential upside of 143.24%. Given New Found Gold's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe New Found Gold is more favorable than DRDGOLD.
DRDGOLD has higher revenue and earnings than New Found Gold.
In the previous week, DRDGOLD had 1 more articles in the media than New Found Gold. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for DRDGOLD and 2 mentions for New Found Gold. New Found Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.16 beat DRDGOLD's score of 0.08 indicating that New Found Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
DRDGOLD beats New Found Gold on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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