Gold Resource (GORO) Competitors

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

Which has stronger valuation and 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	$59.38M	1.49	-$16.02M	-$0.63	-1.03
Gold Royalty	$10.35M	40.69	-$26.76M	-$0.02	-123.50

Do analysts prefer GORO or GROY?

Gold Resource presently has a consensus target price of $1.25, indicating a potential upside of 92.31%. Gold Royalty has a consensus target price of $3.75, indicating a potential upside of 51.82%. Given Gold Resource's higher probable upside, research 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

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in GORO or GROY?

18.4% of Gold Resource shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.8% of Gold Royalty shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Gold Resource shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor GORO or GROY?

In the previous week, Gold Resource had 1 more articles in the media than Gold Royalty. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Gold Resource and 0 mentions for Gold Royalty. Gold Resource's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Gold Royalty's score of 0.00 indicating that Gold Resource is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Gold Resource	Positive
Gold Royalty	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, GORO or GROY?

Gold Resource has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gold Royalty has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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%

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 6.2%. Gold Royalty pays an annual dividend of $0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. 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.

Summary

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