TRX Gold (TRX) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TRX or GROY?

TRX Gold and Gold Royalty both received 3 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave Gold Royalty an outperform vote while only 4.55% of users gave TRX Gold an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TRX Gold	Outperform Votes 3 4.55%	Underperform Votes 63 95.45%
Gold Royalty	Outperform Votes 3 75.00%	Underperform Votes 1 25.00%

Which has more risk & volatility, TRX or GROY?

TRX Gold has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gold Royalty has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor TRX or GROY?

In the previous week, Gold Royalty had 2 more articles in the media than TRX Gold. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Gold Royalty and 7 mentions for TRX Gold. Gold Royalty's average media sentiment score of 0.08 beat TRX Gold's score of -0.16 indicating that Gold Royalty is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TRX Gold	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Gold Royalty	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts recommend TRX or GROY?

TRX Gold presently has a consensus price target of $1.58, suggesting a potential upside of 298.73%. Gold Royalty has a consensus price target of $3.67, suggesting a potential upside of 167.64%. Given TRX Gold's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe TRX Gold is more favorable than Gold Royalty.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TRX Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Gold Royalty	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has better valuation and earnings, TRX or GROY?

TRX Gold has higher revenue and earnings than Gold Royalty.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
TRX Gold	$38.32M	2.88	$2.25M	N/A	N/A
Gold Royalty	$6.50M	35.63	-$26.76M	-$0.17	-8.06

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in TRX or GROY?

1.1% of TRX Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.8% of Gold Royalty shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of TRX Gold shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is TRX or GROY more profitable?

TRX Gold has a net margin of -3.06% compared to Gold Royalty's net margin of -381.76%. Gold Royalty's return on equity of -0.53% beat TRX Gold's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TRX Gold	-3.06%	-3.84%	-2.71%
Gold Royalty	-381.76%	-0.53%	-0.40%

Summary

Gold Royalty beats TRX Gold on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.