i-80 Gold (IAUX) Competitors

i-80 Gold (NYSE:IAUX) and Perpetua Resources (NASDAQ:PPTA) 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 risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.

Which has more volatility and risk, IAUX or PPTA?

i-80 Gold has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Perpetua Resources has a beta of 0.12, meaning that its stock price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor IAUX or PPTA?

In the previous week, Perpetua Resources had 29 more articles in the media than i-80 Gold. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Perpetua Resources and 2 mentions for i-80 Gold. i-80 Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Perpetua Resources' score of 0.13 indicating that i-80 Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
i-80 Gold	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Perpetua Resources	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	18 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, IAUX or PPTA?

Perpetua Resources has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
i-80 Gold	$50.34M	5.35	-$65.20M	-$0.29	-2.09
Perpetua Resources	N/A	N/A	-$18.77M	-$0.22	-68.05

Is IAUX or PPTA more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
i-80 Gold	-231.43%	-21.18%	-12.67%
Perpetua Resources	N/A	-19.48%	-17.08%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of IAUX or PPTA?

61.3% of i-80 Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.1% of Perpetua Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Perpetua Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate IAUX or PPTA?

i-80 Gold currently has a consensus target price of $3.50, indicating a potential upside of 476.32%. Perpetua Resources has a consensus target price of $23.50, indicating a potential upside of 56.98%. Given i-80 Gold's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe i-80 Gold is more favorable than Perpetua Resources.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
i-80 Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Perpetua Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.25

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer IAUX or PPTA?

Perpetua Resources received 24 more outperform votes than i-80 Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.29% of users gave Perpetua Resources an outperform vote while only 28.57% of users gave i-80 Gold an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
i-80 Gold	Outperform Votes 2 28.57%	Underperform Votes 5 71.43%
Perpetua Resources	Outperform Votes 26 74.29%	Underperform Votes 9 25.71%

Summary

Perpetua Resources beats i-80 Gold on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.