WWR vs. USAU, NB, FSI, UAMY, ZKIN, LODE, ELBM, MGIH, GURE, and FMST
Should you be buying Westwater Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Westwater Resources include U.S. Gold (USAU), NioCorp Developments (NB), Flexible Solutions International (FSI), United States Antimony (UAMY), ZK International Group (ZKIN), Comstock (LODE), Electra Battery Materials (ELBM), Millennium Group International (MGIH), Gulf Resources (GURE), and Foremost Lithium Resource & Technology (FMST). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Westwater Resources (NASDAQ:WWR) and U.S. Gold (NASDAQ:USAU) 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 media sentiment, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, community ranking and institutional ownership.
U.S. Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Westwater Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
7.7% of Westwater Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.6% of U.S. Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of Westwater Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.8% of U.S. Gold shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Westwater Resources received 140 more outperform votes than U.S. Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.82% of users gave U.S. Gold an outperform vote while only 65.83% of users gave Westwater Resources an outperform vote.
Westwater Resources has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, U.S. Gold has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Westwater Resources and Westwater Resources both had 8 articles in the media. U.S. Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Westwater Resources' score of 0.62 indicating that U.S. Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
U.S. Gold has a consensus target price of $14.50, suggesting a potential upside of 143.70%. Given U.S. Gold's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe U.S. Gold is more favorable than Westwater Resources.
Westwater Resources' return on equity of -5.96% beat U.S. Gold's return on equity.
Summary
Westwater Resources beats U.S. Gold on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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