St. Augustine Gold and Copper (SAU) Competitors

St. Augustine Gold and Copper (TSE:SAU) and NorthIsle Copper and Gold (CVE:NCX) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

Do analysts recommend SAU or NCX?

NorthIsle Copper and Gold has a consensus price target of C$1.45, indicating a potential upside of 76.83%. Given NorthIsle Copper and Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe NorthIsle Copper and Gold is more favorable than St. Augustine Gold and Copper.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
St. Augustine Gold and Copper	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
NorthIsle Copper and Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer SAU or NCX?

In the previous week, St. Augustine Gold and Copper had 2 more articles in the media than NorthIsle Copper and Gold. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for St. Augustine Gold and Copper and 0 mentions for NorthIsle Copper and Gold. St. Augustine Gold and Copper's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat NorthIsle Copper and Gold's score of 0.00 indicating that St. Augustine Gold and Copper is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
St. Augustine Gold and Copper	Positive
NorthIsle Copper and Gold	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SAU or NCX?

NorthIsle Copper and Gold received 20 more outperform votes than St. Augustine Gold and Copper when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave St. Augustine Gold and Copper an outperform vote while only 54.55% of users gave NorthIsle Copper and Gold an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
St. Augustine Gold and Copper	Outperform Votes 16 66.67%	Underperform Votes 8 33.33%
NorthIsle Copper and Gold	Outperform Votes 36 54.55%	Underperform Votes 30 45.45%

Which has more risk & volatility, SAU or NCX?

St. Augustine Gold and Copper has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NorthIsle Copper and Gold has a beta of 2.2, suggesting that its stock price is 120% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of SAU or NCX?

0.9% of St. Augustine Gold and Copper shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.6% of NorthIsle Copper and Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 61.3% of St. Augustine Gold and Copper shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.0% of NorthIsle Copper and Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, SAU or NCX?

NorthIsle Copper and Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than St. Augustine Gold and Copper, 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
St. Augustine Gold and Copper	N/A	N/A	C$10.54K	C$0.00	3,080.57
NorthIsle Copper and Gold	N/A	N/A	-C$9.83M	-C$0.04	-21.45

Is SAU or NCX more profitable?

St. Augustine Gold and Copper's return on equity of 0.01% beat NorthIsle Copper and Gold's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
St. Augustine Gold and Copper	N/A	0.01%	-0.38%
NorthIsle Copper and Gold	N/A	-59.33%	-31.83%

Summary

St. Augustine Gold and Copper beats NorthIsle Copper and Gold on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.