GROY vs. DRD, EXK, PPTA, SA, SKE, CGAU, VZLA, TGB, IAUX, and NFGC
Should you be buying Gold Royalty stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gold Royalty include DRDGOLD (DRD), Endeavour Silver (EXK), Perpetua Resources (PPTA), Seabridge Gold (SA), Skeena Resources (SKE), Centerra Gold (CGAU), Vizsla Silver (VZLA), Taseko Mines (TGB), i-80 Gold (IAUX), and New Found Gold (NFGC). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
Gold Royalty vs. Its Competitors
Gold Royalty (NYSE:GROY) and DRDGOLD (NYSE:DRD) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
DRDGOLD has higher revenue and earnings than Gold Royalty. Gold Royalty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DRDGOLD, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Gold Royalty and Gold Royalty both had 2 articles in the media. DRDGOLD's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Gold Royalty's score of 0.51 indicating that DRDGOLD is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Gold Royalty presently has a consensus price target of $4.64, indicating a potential upside of 21.08%. DRDGOLD has a consensus price target of $30.50, indicating a potential upside of 6.62%. Given Gold Royalty's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Gold Royalty is more favorable than DRDGOLD.
Gold Royalty has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, DRDGOLD has a beta of 0.36, indicating that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.
DRDGOLD has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Gold Royalty's net margin of -252.16%. Gold Royalty's return on equity of 0.46% beat DRDGOLD's return on equity.
33.8% of Gold Royalty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.7% of DRDGOLD shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of DRDGOLD shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Gold Royalty pays an annual dividend of $0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. DRDGOLD pays an annual dividend of $0.37 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Gold Royalty pays out -100.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DRDGOLD pays out 29.4% 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
DRDGOLD beats Gold Royalty on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:GROY) was last updated on 10/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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