USGO vs. VGZ, HYMC, GORO, VOXR, TRX, PLG, ODV, FEAM, USAU, and GAMC
Should you be buying U.S. GoldMining stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of U.S. GoldMining include Vista Gold (VGZ), Hycroft Mining (HYMC), Gold Resource (GORO), Vox Royalty (VOXR), TRX Gold (TRX), Platinum Group Metals (PLG), Osisko Development (ODV), 5E Advanced Materials (FEAM), U.S. Gold (USAU), and Golden Arrow Merger (GAMC). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Vista Gold (NYSE:VGZ) and U.S. GoldMining (NASDAQ:USGO) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking and risk.
Vista Gold's return on equity of 0.00% beat U.S. GoldMining's return on equity.
27.3% of Vista Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.5% of U.S. GoldMining shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.2% of Vista Gold shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of U.S. GoldMining shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Vista Gold had 3 more articles in the media than U.S. GoldMining. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Vista Gold and 0 mentions for U.S. GoldMining. Vista Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat U.S. GoldMining's score of 0.00 indicating that U.S. GoldMining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
U.S. GoldMining received 1 more outperform votes than Vista Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave U.S. GoldMining an outperform vote while only 2.22% of users gave Vista Gold an outperform vote.
Vista Gold presently has a consensus price target of $2.50, suggesting a potential upside of 338.75%. U.S. GoldMining has a consensus price target of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 323.57%. Given U.S. GoldMining's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Vista Gold is more favorable than U.S. GoldMining.
Summary
Vista Gold and U.S. GoldMining tied by winning 5 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
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