IAU vs. KNT, ORA, FVI, SEA, WDO, CG, CEE, ASR, TGZ, and SGD
Should you be buying i-80 Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of i-80 Gold include K92 Mining (KNT), Aura Minerals (ORA), Fortuna Silver Mines (FVI), Seabridge Gold (SEA), Wesdome Gold Mines (WDO), Centerra Gold (CG), Centamin (CEE), Alacer Gold (ASR), Teranga Gold (TGZ), and Snowline Gold (SGD). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
i-80 Gold vs. Its Competitors
K92 Mining (TSE:KNT) and i-80 Gold (TSE:IAU) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and profitability.
i-80 Gold has a consensus price target of C$1.88, suggesting a potential upside of 35.87%. Given i-80 Gold's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe i-80 Gold is more favorable than K92 Mining.
40.1% of K92 Mining shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.3% of i-80 Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of K92 Mining shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of i-80 Gold 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.
K92 Mining has a beta of 0.707995, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, i-80 Gold has a beta of 1.827968, meaning that its share price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, i-80 Gold had 1 more articles in the media than K92 Mining. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for i-80 Gold and 1 mentions for K92 Mining. K92 Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.10 beat i-80 Gold's score of 0.00 indicating that K92 Mining is being referred to more favorably in the media.
K92 Mining has a net margin of 24.76% compared to i-80 Gold's net margin of -231.43%. K92 Mining's return on equity of 20.37% beat i-80 Gold's return on equity.
K92 Mining has higher revenue and earnings than i-80 Gold. i-80 Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than K92 Mining, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
K92 Mining beats i-80 Gold on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:IAU) was last updated on 10/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
