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NovaGold Resources (NG) Competitors

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C$7.37 -0.25 (-3.28%)
As of 07/25/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
NovaGold Resources
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
First Majestic Silver
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
NovaGold ResourcesN/AN/A-C$32.52M-C$0.19-38.47
First Majestic SilverC$621.80M6.40-C$92.07M-C$0.39-30.49

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NovaGold ResourcesN/A 141.66% -12.05%
First Majestic Silver -14.81%-5.74%-1.24%

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
NovaGold Resources
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
First Majestic Silver
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

NovaGold Resources beats First Majestic Silver on 8 of the 15 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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NG vs. The Competition

MetricNovaGold ResourcesGold IndustryMaterials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$1.76BC$1.88BC$3.29BC$6.31B
Dividend YieldN/A6.07%5.15%6.72%
P/E Ratio-38.47452.65113.9175.38
Price / SalesN/A228,361,081,590,274,000.0029,967,650,242,439,600.001,359.95
Price / CashN/A22.1123.9283.29
Price / Book-51.978.376.084.89
Net Income-C$32.52MC$6.39MC$147.58MC$301.20M
7 Day PerformanceN/A2.75%1.91%1.19%
1 Month Performance30.44%5.39%6.33%4.80%
1 Year Performance12.52%49.04%30.45%26.10%

NovaGold Resources Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NG
NovaGold Resources
N/AC$7.37
-3.3%
N/A+17.4%C$1.76BN/A-38.4710
AG
First Majestic Silver
0.2471 of 5 stars
C$12.25
-2.3%
C$7.25
-40.8%
N/AC$4.14BC$621.80M-31.765,290Gap Up
IMG
IAMGOLD
3.9574 of 5 stars
C$9.62
-0.4%
C$11.00
+14.3%
+77.5%C$3.91BC$1.12B4.995,360News Coverage
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
NVA
NuVista Energy
3.5501 of 5 stars
C$14.04
-0.6%
C$17.14
+22.1%
+7.2%C$2.87BC$1.22B9.8288Positive News
EQX
Equinox Gold
N/AC$8.40
-2.6%
N/A+17.8%C$2.70BC$1.08B8.917,730Positive News
Gap Up
SKE
Skeena Resources
0.9631 of 5 stars
C$22.57
+0.4%
C$18.85
-16.5%
+151.0%C$2.47BN/A-13.6360
NDM
Northern Dynasty Minerals
N/AC$2.95
-0.7%
N/A+130.2%C$1.60BN/A-93.50N/A
SVM
Silvercorp Metals
1.0856 of 5 stars
C$6.97
+0.1%
C$7.50
+7.6%
+27.5%C$1.07BC$181.44M17.921,330News Coverage
PPTA
Perpetua Resources
0.5328 of 5 stars
C$20.37
+1.5%
C$19.00
-6.7%
+153.5%C$1.02BN/A-44.2533
NSR
Nomad Royalty
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$594.42MC$31.28M967.006
ODV
Osisko Development
1.2798 of 5 stars
C$3.60
+0.6%
C$5.17
+43.5%
+12.9%C$491.69MC$18.30M-1.48310News Coverage
Analyst Revision
Gap Up

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This page (TSE:NG) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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