Platinum Group Metals (PLG) Competitors

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

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

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. 0.0% of Platinum Group Metals shares are held 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor IAUX or PLG?

i-80 Gold received 2 more outperform votes than Platinum Group Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 28.57% of users gave i-80 Gold an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Platinum Group Metals an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
i-80 Gold	Outperform Votes 2 28.57%	Underperform Votes 5 71.43%
Platinum Group Metals	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 8 100.00%

Do analysts rate IAUX or PLG?

i-80 Gold presently has a consensus price target of $3.50, suggesting a potential upside of 476.32%. Given i-80 Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly 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)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Platinum Group Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media prefer IAUX or PLG?

In the previous week, i-80 Gold had 3 more articles in the media than Platinum Group Metals. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for i-80 Gold and 0 mentions for Platinum Group Metals. i-80 Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Platinum Group Metals' score of 0.00 indicating that i-80 Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
i-80 Gold	Positive
Platinum Group Metals	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, IAUX or PLG?

i-80 Gold has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Platinum Group Metals has a beta of 1.66, indicating that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is IAUX or PLG more profitable?

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%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, IAUX or PLG?

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.

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
Platinum Group Metals	N/A	N/A	-$4.61M	-$0.05	-23.60

Summary

i-80 Gold beats Platinum Group Metals on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.