Gold Reserve (GDRZF) Competitors

Perpetua Resources (NASDAQ:PPTA) and Gold Reserve (OTCMKTS:GDRZF) 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, risk, dividends, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Is PPTA or GDRZF more profitable?

Perpetua Resources' return on equity of -14.20% beat Gold Reserve's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Perpetua Resources	N/A	-33.63%	-28.74%
Gold Reserve	N/A	-14.20%	-13.90%

Does the media prefer PPTA or GDRZF?

In the previous week, Gold Reserve had 1 more articles in the media than Perpetua Resources. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Gold Reserve and 6 mentions for Perpetua Resources. Gold Reserve's average media sentiment score of -0.16 beat Perpetua Resources' score of -0.22 indicating that Perpetua Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Perpetua Resources	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Gold Reserve	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts recommend PPTA or GDRZF?

Perpetua Resources presently has a consensus target price of $9.67, indicating a potential upside of 214.88%. Given Gold Reserve's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Perpetua Resources is more favorable than Gold Reserve.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Perpetua Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Gold Reserve	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PPTA or GDRZF?

Gold Reserve received 53 more outperform votes than Perpetua Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.47% of users gave Gold Reserve an outperform vote while only 59.09% of users gave Perpetua Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Perpetua Resources	Outperform Votes 13 59.09%	Underperform Votes 9 40.91%
Gold Reserve	Outperform Votes 66 69.47%	Underperform Votes 29 30.53%

Which has more risk & volatility, PPTA or GDRZF?

Perpetua Resources has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gold Reserve has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of PPTA or GDRZF?

69.6% of Perpetua Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.3% of Gold Reserve shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Perpetua Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.8% of Gold Reserve shares are held by company 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.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, PPTA or GDRZF?

Gold Reserve has higher revenue and earnings than Perpetua Resources. Gold Reserve is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Perpetua Resources, 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
Perpetua Resources	N/A	N/A	-$28.71M	-$0.45	-6.82
Gold Reserve	$470K	529.51	-$8.60M	-$0.07	-35.71

Summary

Gold Reserve beats Perpetua Resources on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.