TRX vs. PLG, VOXR, ODV, USGO, HYMC, VGZ, GORO, VZLA, PPTA, and AREC
Should you be buying TRX Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TRX Gold include Platinum Group Metals (PLG), Vox Royalty (VOXR), Osisko Development (ODV), U.S. GoldMining (USGO), Hycroft Mining (HYMC), Vista Gold (VGZ), Gold Resource (GORO), Vizsla Silver (VZLA), Perpetua Resources (PPTA), and American Resources (AREC). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
TRX Gold (NYSE:TRX) and Platinum Group Metals (NYSE:PLG) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
TRX Gold has a net margin of 0.70% compared to Platinum Group Metals' net margin of 0.00%. TRX Gold's return on equity of -1.66% beat Platinum Group Metals' return on equity.
In the previous week, TRX Gold had 1 more articles in the media than Platinum Group Metals. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for TRX Gold and 1 mentions for Platinum Group Metals. TRX Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Platinum Group Metals' score of 0.08 indicating that TRX Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.
TRX Gold presently has a consensus target price of $1.58, suggesting a potential upside of 255.61%. Given TRX Gold's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe TRX Gold is more favorable than Platinum Group Metals.
TRX Gold received 2 more outperform votes than Platinum Group Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 4.35% of users gave TRX Gold an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Platinum Group Metals an outperform vote.
TRX Gold has higher revenue and earnings than Platinum Group Metals. Platinum Group Metals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TRX Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
1.1% of TRX Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.3% of Platinum Group Metals shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of TRX Gold shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Platinum Group Metals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
TRX Gold has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Platinum Group Metals has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
TRX Gold beats Platinum Group Metals on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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