DRD vs. TGB, NFGC, GATO, EXK, MUX, ARMN, PPTA, VZLA, ODV, and CGAU
Should you be buying DRDGOLD stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DRDGOLD include Taseko Mines (TGB), New Found Gold (NFGC), Gatos Silver (GATO), Endeavour Silver (EXK), McEwen Mining (MUX), Aris Mining (ARMN), Perpetua Resources (PPTA), Vizsla Silver (VZLA), Osisko Development (ODV), and Centerra Gold (CGAU). These companies are all part of the "gold & silver ores" industry.
DRDGOLD (NYSE:DRD) and Taseko Mines (NYSE:TGB) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, DRDGOLD had 1 more articles in the media than Taseko Mines. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for DRDGOLD and 4 mentions for Taseko Mines. DRDGOLD's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Taseko Mines' score of 0.25 indicating that DRDGOLD is being referred to more favorably in the media.
DRDGOLD received 180 more outperform votes than Taseko Mines when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.26% of users gave DRDGOLD an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Taseko Mines an outperform vote.
DRDGOLD has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Taseko Mines.
DRDGOLD has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Taseko Mines has a beta of 1.99, indicating that its share price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500.
14.7% of DRDGOLD shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.9% of Taseko Mines shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of DRDGOLD shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Taseko Mines shares are held 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.
Taseko Mines has a net margin of 15.66% compared to DRDGOLD's net margin of 0.00%. Taseko Mines' return on equity of 11.54% beat DRDGOLD's return on equity.
DRDGOLD currently has a consensus price target of $13.25, indicating a potential upside of 59.06%. Taseko Mines has a consensus price target of $2.83, indicating a potential upside of 8.97%. Given DRDGOLD's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe DRDGOLD is more favorable than Taseko Mines.
Summary
Taseko Mines beats DRDGOLD on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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