IAUX vs. SKE, PPTA, SA, EXK, CGAU, DRD, VZLA, TGB, GROY, and NFGC
Should you be buying i-80 Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of i-80 Gold include Skeena Resources (SKE), Perpetua Resources (PPTA), Seabridge Gold (SA), Endeavour Silver (EXK), Centerra Gold (CGAU), DRDGOLD (DRD), Vizsla Silver (VZLA), Taseko Mines (TGB), Gold Royalty (GROY), and New Found Gold (NFGC). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
i-80 Gold vs. Its Competitors
Skeena Resources (NYSE:SKE) and i-80 Gold (NYSE:IAUX) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Skeena Resources has a net margin of 0.00% compared to i-80 Gold's net margin of -231.43%. i-80 Gold's return on equity of -21.18% beat Skeena Resources' return on equity.
45.2% of Skeena Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.3% of i-80 Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Skeena 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
i-80 Gold has a consensus target price of $1.50, suggesting a potential upside of 136.93%. Given i-80 Gold's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe i-80 Gold is more favorable than Skeena Resources.
Skeena Resources has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, i-80 Gold has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
i-80 Gold has higher revenue and earnings than Skeena Resources. Skeena 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.
In the previous week, Skeena Resources had 3 more articles in the media than i-80 Gold. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Skeena Resources and 2 mentions for i-80 Gold. i-80 Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Skeena Resources' score of -0.48 indicating that i-80 Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
i-80 Gold beats Skeena Resources on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:IAUX) was last updated on 7/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff