PLG vs. DRD, NFGC, ARMN, MUX, VZLA, PPTA, SKE, ODV, TRX, and VOXR
Should you be buying Platinum Group Metals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Platinum Group Metals include DRDGOLD (DRD), New Found Gold (NFGC), Aris Mining (ARMN), McEwen Mining (MUX), Vizsla Silver (VZLA), Perpetua Resources (PPTA), Skeena Resources (SKE), Osisko Development (ODV), TRX Gold (TRX), and Vox Royalty (VOXR). These companies are all part of the "gold & silver ores" industry.
DRDGOLD (NYSE:DRD) and Platinum Group Metals (NYSE:PLG) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.
Platinum Group Metals' return on equity of 0.00% beat DRDGOLD's return on equity.
DRDGOLD has higher revenue and earnings than Platinum Group Metals.
DRDGOLD has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Platinum Group Metals has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.
DRDGOLD received 183 more outperform votes than Platinum Group Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.20% of users gave DRDGOLD an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Platinum Group Metals an outperform vote.
DRDGOLD currently has a consensus price target of $15.50, indicating a potential upside of 83.00%. Given Platinum Group Metals' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe DRDGOLD is more favorable than Platinum Group Metals.
In the previous week, Platinum Group Metals had 1 more articles in the media than DRDGOLD. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Platinum Group Metals and 0 mentions for DRDGOLD. Platinum Group Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat DRDGOLD's score of 0.34 indicating that DRDGOLD is being referred to more favorably in the media.
14.7% of DRDGOLD shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.3% of Platinum Group Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of DRDGOLD shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Platinum Group Metals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
DRDGOLD beats Platinum Group Metals on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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