GATO vs. DRD, NFGC, EXK, TGB, ARMN, MUX, PPTA, VZLA, ODV, and CGAU
Should you be buying Gatos Silver stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gatos Silver include DRDGOLD (DRD), New Found Gold (NFGC), Endeavour Silver (EXK), Taseko Mines (TGB), Aris Mining (ARMN), McEwen Mining (MUX), 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 Gatos Silver (NYSE:GATO) 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, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.
DRDGOLD presently has a consensus target price of $13.25, indicating a potential upside of 65.63%. Gatos Silver has a consensus target price of $10.25, indicating a potential downside of 2.19%. Given Gatos Silver's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe DRDGOLD is more favorable than Gatos Silver.
14.7% of DRDGOLD shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.8% of Gatos Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of DRDGOLD shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Gatos Silver shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
DRDGOLD's return on equity of 3.63% beat Gatos Silver's return on equity.
DRDGOLD has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gatos Silver has a beta of 2.1, indicating that its stock price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500.
DRDGOLD has higher revenue and earnings than Gatos Silver.
In the previous week, Gatos Silver had 7 more articles in the media than DRDGOLD. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Gatos Silver and 2 mentions for DRDGOLD. Gatos Silver's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat DRDGOLD's score of 0.45 indicating that DRDGOLD is being referred to more favorably in the media.
DRDGOLD received 173 more outperform votes than Gatos Silver when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.26% of users gave DRDGOLD an outperform vote while only 34.62% of users gave Gatos Silver an outperform vote.
Summary
DRDGOLD and Gatos Silver tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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