AR vs. VGCX, GAU, IAU, CNL, JAG, GOLD, and ITH
Should you be buying Argonaut Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Argonaut Gold include Victoria Gold (VGCX), Galiano Gold (GAU), i-80 Gold (IAU), Collective Mining (CNL), Jaguar Mining (JAG), GoldMining (GOLD), and International Tower Hill Mines (ITH). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Argonaut Gold (TSE:AR) and Victoria Gold (TSE:VGCX) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Argonaut Gold received 431 more outperform votes than Victoria Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.78% of users gave Argonaut Gold an outperform vote while only 29.03% of users gave Victoria Gold an outperform vote.
48.4% of Argonaut Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.2% of Victoria Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Argonaut Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.3% of Victoria Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Argonaut Gold has a net margin of 10.27% compared to Victoria Gold's net margin of 6.03%. Victoria Gold's return on equity of 4.43% beat Argonaut Gold's return on equity.
Argonaut Gold presently has a consensus target price of C$0.50, indicating a potential upside of 20.48%. Victoria Gold has a consensus target price of C$13.38, indicating a potential upside of 84.74%. Given Victoria Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Victoria Gold is more favorable than Argonaut Gold.
Argonaut Gold has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Victoria Gold has a beta of 1.72, suggesting that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Argonaut Gold had 2 more articles in the media than Victoria Gold. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Argonaut Gold and 1 mentions for Victoria Gold. Argonaut Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Victoria Gold's score of 0.00 indicating that Argonaut Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Argonaut Gold has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Victoria Gold. Argonaut Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Victoria Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Victoria Gold beats Argonaut Gold on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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