PPTA vs. VZLA, ODV, PLG, TRX, VOXR, MUX, ARMN, EXK, DRD, and NFGC
Should you be buying Perpetua Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Perpetua Resources include Vizsla Silver (VZLA), Osisko Development (ODV), Platinum Group Metals (PLG), TRX Gold (TRX), Vox Royalty (VOXR), McEwen Mining (MUX), Aris Mining (ARMN), Endeavour Silver (EXK), DRDGOLD (DRD), and New Found Gold (NFGC). These companies are all part of the "gold & silver ores" industry.
Perpetua Resources (NASDAQ:PPTA) and Vizsla Silver (NYSE:VZLA) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability.
Perpetua Resources received 5 more outperform votes than Vizsla Silver when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.43% of users gave Vizsla Silver an outperform vote while only 62.50% of users gave Perpetua Resources an outperform vote.
Perpetua Resources has a beta of 0.22, suggesting that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vizsla Silver has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Vizsla Silver's return on equity of -7.64% beat Perpetua Resources' return on equity.
70.1% of Perpetua Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.5% of Vizsla Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Perpetua Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.9% of Vizsla Silver shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Perpetua Resources presently has a consensus target price of $10.25, indicating a potential upside of 87.73%. Vizsla Silver has a consensus target price of $3.75, indicating a potential upside of 150.00%. Given Vizsla Silver's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Vizsla Silver is more favorable than Perpetua Resources.
In the previous week, Perpetua Resources had 1 more articles in the media than Vizsla Silver. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Perpetua Resources and 1 mentions for Vizsla Silver. Vizsla Silver's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Perpetua Resources' score of 0.00 indicating that Vizsla Silver is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Vizsla Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Perpetua Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Vizsla Silver beats Perpetua Resources on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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