TGB vs. DRD, NFGC, GATO, EXK, MUX, ARMN, PPTA, VZLA, CGAU, and SA
Should you be buying Taseko Mines stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Taseko Mines include DRDGOLD (DRD), New Found Gold (NFGC), Gatos Silver (GATO), Endeavour Silver (EXK), McEwen Mining (MUX), Aris Mining (ARMN), Perpetua Resources (PPTA), Vizsla Silver (VZLA), Centerra Gold (CGAU), and Seabridge Gold (SA). These companies are all part of the "gold & silver ores" industry.
Taseko Mines (NYSE:TGB) and DRDGOLD (NYSE:DRD) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings.
Taseko Mines presently has a consensus price target of $2.83, indicating a potential upside of 6.52%. DRDGOLD has a consensus price target of $13.25, indicating a potential upside of 59.16%. Given DRDGOLD's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe DRDGOLD is more favorable than Taseko Mines.
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 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.
17.9% of Taseko Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.7% of DRDGOLD shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Taseko Mines shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of DRDGOLD shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
DRDGOLD has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Taseko Mines.
In the previous week, Taseko Mines had 1 more articles in the media than DRDGOLD. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Taseko Mines and 4 mentions for DRDGOLD. DRDGOLD's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Taseko Mines' score of 0.22 indicating that DRDGOLD is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Taseko Mines has a beta of 1.98, meaning that its stock price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DRDGOLD has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Taseko Mines beats DRDGOLD on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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