IAUX vs. SILV, SKE, CGAU, SA, EXK, DRD, PPTA, VZLA, GATO, and TGB
Should you be buying i-80 Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of i-80 Gold include SilverCrest Metals (SILV), Skeena Resources (SKE), Centerra Gold (CGAU), Seabridge Gold (SA), Endeavour Silver (EXK), DRDGOLD (DRD), Perpetua Resources (PPTA), Vizsla Silver (VZLA), Gatos Silver (GATO), and Taseko Mines (TGB). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
i-80 Gold vs. Its Competitors
SilverCrest Metals (NYSE:SILV) and i-80 Gold (NYSE:IAUX) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.
SilverCrest Metals has higher revenue and earnings than i-80 Gold. i-80 Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SilverCrest Metals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
44.8% of SilverCrest Metals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.3% of i-80 Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of SilverCrest Metals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of i-80 Gold shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
SilverCrest Metals has a net margin of 30.85% compared to i-80 Gold's net margin of -231.43%. SilverCrest Metals' return on equity of 23.35% beat i-80 Gold's return on equity.
i-80 Gold received 3 more outperform votes than SilverCrest Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 44.44% of users gave i-80 Gold an outperform vote while only 20.00% of users gave SilverCrest Metals an outperform vote.
In the previous week, i-80 Gold had 3 more articles in the media than SilverCrest Metals. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for i-80 Gold and 0 mentions for SilverCrest Metals. i-80 Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat SilverCrest Metals' score of 0.00 indicating that i-80 Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
SilverCrest Metals presently has a consensus target price of $9.00, indicating a potential downside of 22.08%. i-80 Gold has a consensus target price of $2.17, indicating a potential upside of 212.24%. Given i-80 Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe i-80 Gold is more favorable than SilverCrest Metals.
SilverCrest Metals has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, i-80 Gold has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
i-80 Gold beats SilverCrest Metals on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:IAUX) was last updated on 6/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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