IAUX vs. PPTA, VZLA, TGB, GROY, ODV, NFGC, VOXR, USGO, PLG, and VGZ
Should you be buying i-80 Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of i-80 Gold include Perpetua Resources (PPTA), Vizsla Silver (VZLA), Taseko Mines (TGB), Gold Royalty (GROY), Osisko Development (ODV), New Found Gold (NFGC), Vox Royalty (VOXR), U.S. GoldMining (USGO), Platinum Group Metals (PLG), and Vista Gold (VGZ). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
i-80 Gold vs.
Perpetua Resources (NASDAQ:PPTA) and i-80 Gold (NYSE:IAUX) 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 valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, risk, media sentiment, earnings and community ranking.
Perpetua Resources received 25 more outperform votes than i-80 Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.00% of users gave Perpetua Resources an outperform vote while only 28.57% of users gave i-80 Gold an outperform vote.
70.1% of Perpetua Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.3% of i-80 Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Perpetua Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of i-80 Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Perpetua Resources has a net margin of 0.00% compared to i-80 Gold's net margin of -231.43%. Perpetua Resources' return on equity of -19.48% beat i-80 Gold's return on equity.
Perpetua Resources has a beta of 0.06, meaning that its stock price is 94% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, i-80 Gold has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Perpetua Resources presently has a consensus target price of $23.25, indicating a potential upside of 70.20%. i-80 Gold has a consensus target price of $3.50, indicating a potential upside of 550.80%. Given i-80 Gold's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe i-80 Gold is more favorable than Perpetua Resources.
In the previous week, Perpetua Resources had 35 more articles in the media than i-80 Gold. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Perpetua Resources and 1 mentions for i-80 Gold. i-80 Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Perpetua Resources' score of -0.01 indicating that i-80 Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Perpetua Resources has higher earnings, but lower revenue than i-80 Gold. Perpetua Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than i-80 Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Perpetua Resources beats i-80 Gold on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:IAUX) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff