Gold Resource (GORO) Competitors

Gold Resource (NYSE:GORO) and Gold Royalty (NYSE:GROY) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Is GORO or GROY more profitable?

Gold Resource has a net margin of -61.31% compared to Gold Royalty's net margin of -252.16%. Gold Royalty's return on equity of 0.46% beat Gold Resource's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gold Resource	-61.31%	-35.25%	-16.15%
Gold Royalty	-252.16%	0.46%	0.35%

Does the media favor GORO or GROY?

In the previous week, Gold Resource's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Gold Royalty'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Gold Resource	Neutral
Gold Royalty	Neutral

Which has higher valuation & earnings, GORO or GROY?

Gold Resource has higher revenue and earnings than Gold Royalty. Gold Royalty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gold Resource, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Gold Resource	$65.73M	1.30	-$16.02M	-$0.63	-1.00
Gold Royalty	$10.35M	29.74	-$26.76M	-$0.02	-90.25

Do analysts prefer GORO or GROY?

Gold Resource presently has a consensus price target of $1.25, suggesting a potential upside of 99.04%. Gold Royalty has a consensus price target of $3.31, suggesting a potential upside of 83.52%. Given Gold Resource's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Gold Resource is more favorable than Gold Royalty.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gold Resource	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Gold Royalty	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk & volatility, GORO or GROY?

Gold Resource has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gold Royalty has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GORO or GROY?

Gold Royalty received 3 more outperform votes than Gold Resource when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 85.71% of users gave Gold Royalty an outperform vote while only 5.77% of users gave Gold Resource an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Gold Resource	Outperform Votes 3 5.77%	Underperform Votes 49 94.23%
Gold Royalty	Outperform Votes 6 85.71%	Underperform Votes 1 14.29%

Is GORO or GROY a better dividend stock?

Gold Resource pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Gold Royalty pays an annual dividend of $0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Gold Resource pays out -6.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gold Royalty pays out -50.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in GORO or GROY?

18.4% of Gold Resource shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.8% of Gold Royalty shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Gold Resource shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Gold Royalty beats Gold Resource on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.