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.
Gold Resource (NYSE:GORO) and Austin Gold (NYSE:AUST) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.
Austin Gold has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Gold Resource currently has a consensus target price of $1.50, indicating a potential upside of 222.23%. Austin Gold has a consensus target price of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 233.96%. Given Gold Resource's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Austin Gold is more favorable than Gold Resource.
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 11.11% of users gave Gold Resource an outperform vote.
Gold Resource has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Austin Gold has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Austin Gold had 10 more articles in the media than Gold Resource. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Austin Gold and 1 mentions for Gold Resource. Gold Resource's average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat Austin Gold's score of 0.16 indicating that Austin Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Austin Gold has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Austin Gold's net margin of -22.30%. Austin Gold's return on equity of -19.21% beat Gold Resource's return on equity.
18.4% of Gold Resource shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.1% of Austin Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Gold Resource shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 70.7% of Austin Gold shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Austin Gold beats Gold Resource on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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