FVL vs. NG, NDM, PPTA, EQX, SVM, NSR, ODV, TMQ, GOLD, and PTM
Should you be buying Freegold Ventures stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Freegold Ventures include NovaGold Resources (NG), Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM), Perpetua Resources (PPTA), Equinox Gold (EQX), Silvercorp Metals (SVM), Nomad Royalty (NSR), Osisko Development (ODV), Trilogy Metals (TMQ), GoldMining (GOLD), and Platinum Group Metals (PTM). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
Freegold Ventures vs. Its Competitors
NovaGold Resources (TSE:NG) and Freegold Ventures (TSE:FVL) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
NovaGold Resources currently has a consensus target price of C$7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.38%. Given NovaGold Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe NovaGold Resources is more favorable than Freegold Ventures.
In the previous week, NovaGold Resources had 3 more articles in the media than Freegold Ventures. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for NovaGold Resources and 2 mentions for Freegold Ventures. NovaGold Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Freegold Ventures' score of -0.17 indicating that NovaGold Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
58.4% of NovaGold Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.3% of Freegold Ventures shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.5% of NovaGold Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 29.8% of Freegold Ventures shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
NovaGold Resources has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Freegold Ventures has a beta of 2.52, suggesting that its stock price is 152% more volatile than the S&P 500.
NovaGold Resources' return on equity of 141.66% beat Freegold Ventures' return on equity.
Freegold Ventures is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NovaGold Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
NovaGold Resources beats Freegold Ventures on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:FVL) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
