NG vs. AG, IMG, NVA, EQX, SKE, NDM, SVM, PPTA, NSR, and ODV
Should you be buying NovaGold Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NovaGold Resources include First Majestic Silver (AG), IAMGOLD (IMG), NuVista Energy (NVA), Equinox Gold (EQX), Skeena Resources (SKE), Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM), Silvercorp Metals (SVM), Perpetua Resources (PPTA), Nomad Royalty (NSR), and Osisko Development (ODV). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
NovaGold Resources vs. Its Competitors
NovaGold Resources (TSE:NG) and First Majestic Silver (TSE:AG) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
58.4% of NovaGold Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.8% of First Majestic Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.5% of NovaGold Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of First Majestic Silver shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
First Majestic Silver has a consensus price target of C$7.25, indicating a potential downside of 38.35%. Given First Majestic Silver's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe First Majestic Silver is more favorable than NovaGold Resources.
NovaGold Resources has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Majestic Silver has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
NovaGold Resources has higher earnings, but lower revenue than First Majestic Silver. NovaGold Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Majestic Silver, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NovaGold Resources has a net margin of 0.00% compared to First Majestic Silver's net margin of -14.81%. NovaGold Resources' return on equity of 141.66% beat First Majestic Silver's return on equity.
In the previous week, First Majestic Silver had 1 more articles in the media than NovaGold Resources. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for First Majestic Silver and 1 mentions for NovaGold Resources. First Majestic Silver's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat NovaGold Resources' score of 0.00 indicating that First Majestic Silver is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
NovaGold Resources beats First Majestic Silver on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:NG) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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