SAU vs. POM, LAC, NOU, SLI, AMC, FVL, TECK.A, FWZ, EMO, and WRN
Should you be buying St. Augustine Gold and Copper stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of St. Augustine Gold and Copper include PolyMet Mining (POM), Lithium Americas (LAC), Nouveau Monde Graphite (NOU), Standard Lithium (SLI), Arizona Metals (AMC), Freegold Ventures (FVL), Teck Resources (TECK.A), Fireweed Metals (FWZ), Emerita Resources (EMO), and Western Copper and Gold (WRN). These companies are all part of the "other industrial metals & mining" industry.
St. Augustine Gold and Copper vs. Its Competitors
St. Augustine Gold and Copper (TSE:SAU) and PolyMet Mining (TSE:POM) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.
0.9% of St. Augustine Gold and Copper shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.7% of PolyMet Mining shares are held by institutional investors. 61.3% of St. Augustine Gold and Copper shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 82.5% of PolyMet Mining shares are held 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.
St. Augustine Gold and Copper's return on equity of 0.01% beat PolyMet Mining's return on equity.
St. Augustine Gold and Copper has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PolyMet Mining has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, St. Augustine Gold and Copper had 4 more articles in the media than PolyMet Mining. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for St. Augustine Gold and Copper and 0 mentions for PolyMet Mining. PolyMet Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat St. Augustine Gold and Copper's score of -0.18 indicating that PolyMet Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
PolyMet Mining 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.
Summary
St. Augustine Gold and Copper beats PolyMet Mining on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
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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:SAU) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
