IAU vs. EQX, CNL, ROXG, PG, AGB, AR, ATX, GSC, KOR, and DNA
Should you be buying i-80 Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of i-80 Gold include Equinox Gold (EQX), Collective Mining (CNL), Roxgold (ROXG), Premier Gold Mines (PG), Atlantic Gold (AGB), Argonaut Gold (AR), ATEX Resources (ATX), Golden Star Resources (GSC), Corvus Gold (KOR), and Dalradian Resources (DNA). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
i-80 Gold vs. Its Competitors
Equinox Gold (CVE:EQX) and i-80 Gold (TSE:IAU) 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 earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends and profitability.
56.6% of i-80 Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of i-80 Gold shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Equinox Gold has a net margin of 0.00% compared to i-80 Gold's net margin of -231.43%. Equinox Gold's return on equity of 0.00% beat i-80 Gold's return on equity.
In the previous week, Equinox Gold had 2 more articles in the media than i-80 Gold. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Equinox Gold and 0 mentions for i-80 Gold. Equinox Gold's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat i-80 Gold's score of 0.00 indicating that Equinox Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Equinox Gold presently has a consensus price target of C$11.28, suggesting a potential upside of 43.16%. i-80 Gold has a consensus price target of C$1.88, suggesting a potential upside of 110.67%. Given i-80 Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe i-80 Gold is more favorable than Equinox Gold.
Equinox Gold has higher revenue and earnings than i-80 Gold. Equinox Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than i-80 Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Equinox Gold beats i-80 Gold on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (TSE:IAU) was last updated on 7/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
