PPTA vs. VZLA, ODV, PLG, TRX, VOXR, MUX, ARMN, EXK, DRD, and NFGC
Should you be buying Perpetua Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Perpetua Resources include Vizsla Silver (VZLA), Osisko Development (ODV), Platinum Group Metals (PLG), TRX Gold (TRX), Vox Royalty (VOXR), McEwen Mining (MUX), Aris Mining (ARMN), Endeavour Silver (EXK), DRDGOLD (DRD), and New Found Gold (NFGC). These companies are all part of the "gold & silver ores" industry.
Perpetua Resources (NASDAQ:PPTA) and Vizsla Silver (NYSE:VZLA) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.
Perpetua Resources received 5 more outperform votes than Vizsla Silver when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.43% of users gave Vizsla Silver an outperform vote while only 62.50% of users gave Perpetua Resources an outperform vote.
Perpetua Resources has a beta of 0.22, meaning that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vizsla Silver has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Vizsla Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Perpetua Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
70.1% of Perpetua Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.5% of Vizsla Silver shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Perpetua Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.9% of Vizsla Silver shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Perpetua Resources had 4 more articles in the media than Vizsla Silver. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Perpetua Resources and 2 mentions for Vizsla Silver. Perpetua Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.14 beat Vizsla Silver's score of 0.00 indicating that Perpetua Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Vizsla Silver's return on equity of -7.64% beat Perpetua Resources' return on equity.
Perpetua Resources currently has a consensus target price of $10.25, indicating a potential upside of 81.42%. Vizsla Silver has a consensus target price of $3.75, indicating a potential upside of 138.10%. Given Vizsla Silver's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Vizsla Silver is more favorable than Perpetua Resources.
Summary
Vizsla Silver beats Perpetua Resources on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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