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

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

Platinum Group Metals vs. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, Gold Royalty had 24 more articles in the media than Platinum Group Metals. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Gold Royalty and 1 mentions for Platinum Group Metals. Gold Royalty's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Platinum Group Metals' score of 0.00 indicating that Gold Royalty is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
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
Gold Royalty
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Platinum Group Metals has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Gold Royalty. Gold Royalty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Platinum Group Metals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Platinum Group MetalsN/AN/A-$4.61M-$0.04-37.00
Gold Royalty$12.38M41.74-$26.76M-$0.01-303.00

16.3% of Platinum Group Metals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.8% of Gold Royalty 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.

Platinum Group Metals has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Gold Royalty's net margin of -252.16%. Gold Royalty's return on equity of 0.46% beat Platinum Group Metals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Platinum Group MetalsN/A -10.13% -9.69%
Gold Royalty -252.16%0.46%0.35%

Platinum Group Metals has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gold Royalty has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Gold Royalty has a consensus target price of $4.18, suggesting a potential upside of 38.06%. Given Gold Royalty's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Gold Royalty is more favorable than Platinum Group Metals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Platinum Group Metals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Gold Royalty
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Gold Royalty beats Platinum Group Metals on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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$166.56M$708.99M$3.34B$20.96B
Dividend YieldN/A1.65%5.17%3.58%
P/E Ratio-24.671.74118.2927.94
Price / SalesN/A16.9830,067,542,409,940,300.0056.18
Price / CashN/A39.3824.0123.77
Price / Book3.024.115.875.26
Net Income-$4.61M-$316.80K$148.86M$994.11M
7 Day Performance-2.63%0.37%1.24%1.79%
1 Month Performance-18.68%2.90%3.67%1.73%
1 Year Performance9.63%63.25%32.80%13.35%

Platinum Group Metals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PLG
Platinum Group Metals
0.2167 of 5 stars
$1.48
-3.3%
N/A+8.8%$166.56MN/A-24.6710Gap Up
GROY
Gold Royalty
2.2769 of 5 stars
$3.10
-4.0%
$4.18
+34.9%
+131.3%$528.46M$12.38M-23.854News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
IAUX
i-80 Gold
2.815 of 5 stars
$0.60
-2.8%
$1.50
+150.8%
N/A$471.58M$55.97M-1.6680News Coverage
NFGC
New Found Gold
1.9013 of 5 stars
$1.56
-1.3%
$5.00
+220.5%
-39.0%$358.39MN/A-7.0998
ODV
Osisko Development
0.8679 of 5 stars
$2.54
+1.3%
N/A+24.4%$346.49M$3.33M-3.10310News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
VOXR
Vox Royalty
0.4539 of 5 stars
$3.41
+1.8%
N/A+24.1%$170.03M$11.05M-85.253News Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
HYMC
Hycroft Mining
0.8262 of 5 stars
$3.54
+2.3%
N/A+70.1%$135.50M$33.23M-1.78100Positive News
VGZ
Vista Gold
2.9456 of 5 stars
$1.05
+1.9%
$3.00
+185.7%
+135.8%$131.07MN/A11.6710Short Interest ↓
TRX
TRX Gold
3.0625 of 5 stars
$0.37
+0.5%
$1.10
+195.7%
-12.0%$105.71M$47.73M-34.20120
USGO
U.S. GoldMining
1.7741 of 5 stars
$7.86
-1.9%
$26.50
+237.2%
+51.9%$100.20MN/A-11.076News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
GORO
Gold Resource
2.2487 of 5 stars
$0.48
-4.0%
$1.50
+214.5%
+41.8%$65.09M$49.82M-0.9710

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This page (NYSE:PLG) was last updated on 8/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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