WWR vs. USAU, NB, ASM, FSI, UAMY, LODE, ZKIN, CGA, ELBM, and MGIH
Should you be buying Westwater Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Westwater Resources include U.S. Gold (USAU), NioCorp Developments (NB), Avino Silver & Gold Mines (ASM), Flexible Solutions International (FSI), United States Antimony (UAMY), Comstock (LODE), ZK International Group (ZKIN), China Green Agriculture (CGA), Electra Battery Materials (ELBM), and Millennium Group International (MGIH). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Westwater Resources (NASDAQ:WWR) and U.S. Gold (NASDAQ:USAU) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, community ranking, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and analyst recommendations.
U.S. Gold has a consensus target price of $14.50, indicating a potential upside of 241.18%. Given U.S. Gold's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe U.S. Gold is more favorable than Westwater Resources.
Westwater Resources' return on equity of -5.56% beat U.S. Gold's return on equity.
Westwater Resources received 140 more outperform votes than U.S. Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.82% of users gave U.S. Gold an outperform vote while only 65.95% of users gave Westwater Resources an outperform vote.
7.7% of Westwater Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.6% of U.S. Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of Westwater Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.8% of U.S. Gold shares are held 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.
U.S. Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Westwater Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, U.S. Gold had 7 more articles in the media than Westwater Resources. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for U.S. Gold and 2 mentions for Westwater Resources. U.S. Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Westwater Resources' score of 0.00 indicating that U.S. Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Westwater Resources has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, U.S. Gold has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Westwater Resources and U.S. Gold tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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