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PLG vs. IAUX, GROY, NFGC, ODV, VOXR, VGZ, USGO, TRX, HYMC, and GORO

Should you be buying Platinum Group Metals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Platinum Group Metals include i-80 Gold (IAUX), Gold Royalty (GROY), New Found Gold (NFGC), Osisko Development (ODV), Vox Royalty (VOXR), Vista Gold (VGZ), U.S. GoldMining (USGO), TRX Gold (TRX), Hycroft Mining (HYMC), and Gold Resource (GORO). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.

Platinum Group Metals vs. Its Competitors

i-80 Gold (NYSE:IAUX) and Platinum Group Metals (NYSE:PLG) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

In the previous week, i-80 Gold had 1 more articles in the media than Platinum Group Metals. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for i-80 Gold and 1 mentions for Platinum Group Metals. Platinum Group Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat i-80 Gold's score of -0.05 indicating that Platinum Group Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
i-80 Gold
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Platinum Group Metals
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

i-80 Gold presently has a consensus price target of $1.50, suggesting a potential upside of 142.33%. Given i-80 Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe i-80 Gold is more favorable than Platinum Group Metals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
i-80 Gold
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83
Platinum Group Metals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Platinum Group Metals has lower revenue, but higher earnings than i-80 Gold. Platinum Group Metals 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
i-80 Gold$55.97M8.72-$65.20M-$0.34-1.82
Platinum Group MetalsN/AN/A-$4.61M-$0.04-41.75

61.3% of i-80 Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.3% of Platinum Group Metals shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of i-80 Gold shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Platinum Group Metals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

i-80 Gold has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Platinum Group Metals has a beta of 1.71, meaning that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Platinum Group Metals has a net margin of 0.00% compared to i-80 Gold's net margin of -231.43%. Platinum Group Metals' return on equity of -10.13% 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%
Platinum Group Metals N/A -10.13%-9.69%

Summary

i-80 Gold beats Platinum Group Metals on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PLG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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PLG vs. The Competition

MetricPlatinum Group MetalsGold & silver ores IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$185.98M$661.28M$3.28B$21.03B
Dividend YieldN/A1.75%5.15%3.59%
P/E Ratio-27.831.50114.2828.45
Price / SalesN/A17.3429,967,650,242,439,600.0071.66
Price / CashN/A39.3823.9222.92
Price / Book3.413.636.084.68
Net Income-$4.61M-$316.80K$147.72M$995.51M
7 Day Performance-6.18%2.19%1.94%1.65%
1 Month Performance3.09%5.34%6.38%4.54%
1 Year Performance1.21%51.44%30.48%10.00%

Platinum Group Metals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PLG
Platinum Group Metals
0.1496 of 5 stars
$1.67
-4.0%
N/A+0.6%$185.98MN/A-27.8310News Coverage
Gap Up
IAUX
i-80 Gold
2.7424 of 5 stars
$0.61
+1.2%
$1.50
+146.1%
N/A$480.44M$55.97M-1.6980
GROY
Gold Royalty
1.8889 of 5 stars
$2.44
+3.0%
$3.75
+53.7%
+99.3%$415.95M$10.35M-18.774News Coverage
Analyst Revision
NFGC
New Found Gold
0.9837 of 5 stars
$1.65
+5.1%
$5.00
+203.0%
-34.6%$379.07MN/A-7.5098News Coverage
Analyst Revision
ODV
Osisko Development
0.7939 of 5 stars
$2.47
+1.0%
N/A+12.6%$336.83M$3.33M-3.01310News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
VOXR
Vox Royalty
0.728 of 5 stars
$3.23
+0.9%
N/A+14.3%$162.42M$11.05M-80.753News Coverage
VGZ
Vista Gold
2.4958 of 5 stars
$0.98
+5.3%
$3.00
+205.5%
+78.1%$122.58MN/A10.9110News Coverage
Analyst Revision
USGO
U.S. GoldMining
2.8636 of 5 stars
$8.86
+0.6%
$26.50
+199.1%
+35.7%$110.20MN/A-12.486
TRX
TRX Gold
2.3867 of 5 stars
$0.36
+6.7%
$1.10
+205.6%
-12.6%$101.84M$47.73M-34.20120High Trading Volume
HYMC
Hycroft Mining
0.4223 of 5 stars
$3.81
+3.8%
N/A+38.8%$91.69M$33.23M-1.79100Positive News
GORO
Gold Resource
1.9847 of 5 stars
$0.53
-7.0%
$1.25
+138.0%
+12.6%$71.66M$59.38M-1.0710

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This page (NYSE:PLG) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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