GATO vs. TGB, NFGC, DRD, EXK, ARMN, MUX, VZLA, PPTA, SA, and CGAU
Should you be buying Gatos Silver stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gatos Silver include Taseko Mines (TGB), New Found Gold (NFGC), DRDGOLD (DRD), Endeavour Silver (EXK), Aris Mining (ARMN), McEwen Mining (MUX), Vizsla Silver (VZLA), Perpetua Resources (PPTA), Seabridge Gold (SA), and Centerra Gold (CGAU). These companies are all part of the "gold & silver ores" industry.
Gatos Silver (NYSE:GATO) and Taseko Mines (NYSE:TGB) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Gatos Silver had 3 more articles in the media than Taseko Mines. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Gatos Silver and 2 mentions for Taseko Mines. Gatos Silver's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Taseko Mines' score of -0.90 indicating that Gatos Silver is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Gatos Silver has a beta of 2.1, meaning that its share price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Taseko Mines has a beta of 1.91, meaning that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Taseko Mines has a net margin of 17.37% compared to Gatos Silver's net margin of 0.00%. Taseko Mines' return on equity of 11.44% beat Gatos Silver's return on equity.
Gatos Silver received 7 more outperform votes than Taseko Mines when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 34.62% of users gave Gatos Silver an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Taseko Mines an outperform vote.
Gatos Silver presently has a consensus target price of $10.25, suggesting a potential downside of 4.21%. Taseko Mines has a consensus target price of $2.83, suggesting a potential upside of 4.17%. Given Taseko Mines' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Taseko Mines is more favorable than Gatos Silver.
44.8% of Gatos Silver shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.9% of Taseko Mines shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Gatos Silver shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Taseko Mines shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Taseko Mines has higher revenue and earnings than Gatos Silver. Taseko Mines is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gatos Silver, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Gatos Silver and Taseko Mines tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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