AUST vs. GORO, CHNR, AUMN, NEM, AEM, GOLD, WPM, FNV, GFI, and AU
Should you be buying Austin Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Austin Gold include Gold Resource (GORO), China Natural Resources (CHNR), Golden Minerals (AUMN), Newmont (NEM), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Barrick Gold (GOLD), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Gold Fields (GFI), and AngloGold Ashanti (AU). These companies are all part of the "gold & silver ores" industry.
Austin Gold (NYSE:AUST) and Gold Resource (NYSE:GORO) 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 media sentiment, valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and community ranking.
Austin Gold currently has a consensus target price of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 233.96%. Gold Resource has a consensus target price of $1.50, suggesting a potential upside of 222.10%. Given Austin Gold's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Austin Gold is more favorable than Gold Resource.
Austin Gold has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gold Resource has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.
62.1% of Austin Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.4% of Gold Resource shares are held by institutional investors. 70.7% of Austin Gold shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Gold Resource shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Austin Gold received 1 more outperform votes than Gold Resource when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 100.00% of users gave Austin Gold an outperform vote while only 10.00% of users gave Gold Resource an outperform vote.
Austin Gold has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Gold Resource's net margin of -22.30%. Gold Resource's return on equity of -19.21% beat Austin Gold's return on equity.
In the previous week, Austin Gold had 8 more articles in the media than Gold Resource. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Austin Gold and 2 mentions for Gold Resource. Austin Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat Gold Resource's score of 0.16 indicating that Austin Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Austin Gold has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Gold Resource. Austin Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gold Resource, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Austin Gold beats Gold Resource on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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