NG vs. AGI, IAG, EQX, OR, IMG, AG, YRI, NVA, PPTA, and SKE
Should you be buying NovaGold Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NovaGold Resources include Alamos Gold (AGI), iA Financial (IAG), Equinox Gold (EQX), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), IAMGOLD (IMG), First Majestic Silver (AG), Yamana Gold (YRI), NuVista Energy (NVA), Perpetua Resources (PPTA), and Skeena Resources (SKE). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
NovaGold Resources vs. Its Competitors
NovaGold Resources (TSE:NG) and Alamos Gold (TSE:AGI) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
NovaGold Resources has a beta of 1.279658, suggesting that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alamos Gold has a beta of 0.594391, suggesting that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Alamos Gold has higher revenue and earnings than NovaGold Resources. NovaGold Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alamos Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, NovaGold Resources had 8 more articles in the media than Alamos Gold. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for NovaGold Resources and 1 mentions for Alamos Gold. Alamos Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat NovaGold Resources' score of 0.50 indicating that Alamos Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
NovaGold Resources currently has a consensus price target of C$10.00, suggesting a potential downside of 28.32%. Alamos Gold has a consensus price target of C$50.17, suggesting a potential upside of 5.75%. Given Alamos Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Alamos Gold is more favorable than NovaGold Resources.
Alamos Gold has a net margin of 19.89% compared to NovaGold Resources' net margin of 0.00%. NovaGold Resources' return on equity of 141.66% beat Alamos Gold's return on equity.
31.6% of NovaGold Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.9% of Alamos Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 26.5% of NovaGold Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Alamos Gold shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Alamos Gold beats NovaGold Resources on 12 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
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This page (TSE:NG) was last updated on 10/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
