i-80 Gold (IAU) Competitors

i-80 Gold (TSE:IAU) and Karora Resources (TSE:KRR) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, IAU or KRR?

Karora Resources has higher revenue and earnings than i-80 Gold. i-80 Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Karora 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
i-80 Gold	C$38.65 million	21.05	-C$69.05 million	-C$0.38	-7.82
Karora Resources	C$348.58 million	2.28	C$10.67 million	C$0.06	75.67

Do insiders & institutionals believe in IAU or KRR?

48.8% of i-80 Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.7% of Karora Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 22.9% of i-80 Gold shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Karora Resources shares are held 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor IAU or KRR?

Karora Resources received 2 more outperform votes than i-80 Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave i-80 Gold an outperform vote while only 25.00% of users gave Karora Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
i-80 Gold	Outperform Votes 3 75.00%	Underperform Votes 1 25.00%
Karora Resources	Outperform Votes 5 25.00%	Underperform Votes 15 75.00%

Is IAU or KRR more profitable?

Karora Resources has a net margin of 3.06% compared to i-80 Gold's net margin of -178.66%. Karora Resources' return on equity of 3.55% beat i-80 Gold's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
i-80 Gold	-178.66%	-18.52%	-6.73%
Karora Resources	3.06%	3.55%	4.66%

Does the media prefer IAU or KRR?

In the previous week, Karora Resources had 1 more articles in the media than i-80 Gold. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Karora Resources and 1 mentions for i-80 Gold. Karora Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat i-80 Gold's score of 0.00 indicating that Karora Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
i-80 Gold	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Karora Resources	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, IAU or KRR?

i-80 Gold has a beta of 1.84, meaning that its share price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Karora Resources has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate IAU or KRR?

i-80 Gold currently has a consensus target price of C$5.50, indicating a potential upside of 85.19%. Karora Resources has a consensus target price of C$6.23, indicating a potential upside of 36.70%. Given i-80 Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe i-80 Gold is more favorable than Karora Resources.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
i-80 Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Karora Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Summary

Karora Resources beats i-80 Gold on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.