VGCX vs. AR, GAU, IAU, CNL, JAG, GOLD, and ORA
Should you be buying Victoria Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Victoria Gold include Argonaut Gold (AR), Galiano Gold (GAU), i-80 Gold (IAU), Collective Mining (CNL), Jaguar Mining (JAG), GoldMining (GOLD), and Aura Minerals (ORA). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Victoria Gold (TSE:VGCX) and Argonaut Gold (TSE:AR) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Victoria Gold has a beta of 1.72, indicating that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Argonaut Gold has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Argonaut Gold has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Victoria Gold. Argonaut Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Victoria Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Argonaut Gold has a net margin of 10.27% compared to Victoria Gold's net margin of 6.03%. Victoria Gold's return on equity of 4.43% beat Argonaut Gold's return on equity.
Argonaut Gold received 431 more outperform votes than Victoria Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.78% of users gave Argonaut Gold an outperform vote while only 29.03% of users gave Victoria Gold an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Victoria Gold and Victoria Gold both had 2 articles in the media. Victoria Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Argonaut Gold's score of 0.30 indicating that Victoria Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.
45.2% of Victoria Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.4% of Argonaut Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 11.3% of Victoria Gold shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Argonaut Gold shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Victoria Gold currently has a consensus price target of C$13.38, indicating a potential upside of 83.22%. Argonaut Gold has a consensus price target of C$0.50, indicating a potential upside of 20.48%. Given Victoria Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Victoria Gold is more favorable than Argonaut Gold.
Summary
Victoria Gold beats Argonaut Gold on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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