VGCX vs. AR, GAU, IAU, CNL, JAG, GOLD, ITH, and ORA
Should you be buying Victoria Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Victoria Gold include Argonaut Gold (AR), Galiano Gold (GAU), i-80 Gold (IAU), Collective Mining (CNL), Jaguar Mining (JAG), GoldMining (GOLD), International Tower Hill Mines (ITH), and Aura Minerals (ORA). 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 better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and profitability.
43.2% of Argonaut Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.4% of Victoria Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.3% of Argonaut Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.9% 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 company will outperform the market over the long term.
Argonaut Gold has a net margin of 10.27% compared to Argonaut Gold's net margin of 6.03%. Argonaut Gold's return on equity of 4.43% beat Victoria Gold's return on equity.
In the previous week, Victoria Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Argonaut Gold'saverage media sentiment score.
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.
Argonaut Gold has a beta of 1.72, meaning that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Victoria Gold has a beta of 1.76, meaning that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Argonaut Gold currently has a consensus target price of C$0.50, indicating a potential upside of 17.65%. Victoria Gold has a consensus target price of C$13.38, indicating a potential upside of 90.26%. Given Argonaut Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Victoria Gold is more favorable than Argonaut Gold.
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 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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