IAU vs. GAU, AR, ORA, VGCX, KRR, CNL, JAG, and GOLD
Should you be buying i-80 Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of i-80 Gold include Galiano Gold (GAU), Argonaut Gold (AR), Aura Minerals (ORA), Victoria Gold (VGCX), Karora Resources (KRR), Collective Mining (CNL), Jaguar Mining (JAG), and GoldMining (GOLD). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
i-80 Gold (TSE:IAU) and Galiano Gold (TSE:GAU) 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 profitability, valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Galiano Gold received 9 more outperform votes than i-80 Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave i-80 Gold an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Galiano Gold an outperform vote.
i-80 Gold has a beta of 1.87, meaning that its share price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Galiano Gold has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Galiano Gold has lower revenue, but higher earnings than i-80 Gold. i-80 Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Galiano Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
51.9% of i-80 Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.7% of Galiano Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 19.4% of i-80 Gold shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.4% of Galiano Gold shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Galiano Gold had 11 more articles in the media than i-80 Gold. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Galiano Gold and 2 mentions for i-80 Gold. i-80 Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Galiano Gold's score of 0.12 indicating that i-80 Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Galiano Gold has a net margin of 40.49% compared to i-80 Gold's net margin of -118.73%. Galiano Gold's return on equity of 6.24% beat i-80 Gold's return on equity.
Galiano Gold has a consensus price target of C$1.88, indicating a potential downside of 19.87%. Given Galiano Gold's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Galiano Gold is more favorable than i-80 Gold.
Summary
Galiano Gold beats i-80 Gold on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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