DRD vs. EXK, NFGC, GATO, TGB, ARMN, MUX, VZLA, PPTA, SA, and CGAU Should you be buying DRDGOLD stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DRDGOLD include Endeavour Silver (EXK), New Found Gold (NFGC), Gatos Silver (GATO), Taseko Mines (TGB), Aris Mining (ARMN), McEwen Mining (MUX), Vizsla Silver (VZLA), Perpetua Resources (PPTA), Seabridge Gold (SA), and Centerra Gold (CGAU). These companies are all part of the "gold & silver ores" industry.
DRDGOLD (NYSE:DRD ) and Endeavour Silver (NYSE:EXK ) 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 community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation and profitability.
DRDGOLD has higher revenue and earnings than Endeavour Silver.
Endeavour Silver received 201 more outperform votes than DRDGOLD when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.20% of users gave DRDGOLD an outperform vote while only 58.18% of users gave Endeavour Silver an outperform vote.
DRDGOLD presently has a consensus price target of $15.50, indicating a potential upside of 67.57%. Endeavour Silver has a consensus price target of $7.13, indicating a potential upside of 84.11%. Given Endeavour Silver's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Endeavour Silver is more favorable than DRDGOLD.
DRDGOLD has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Endeavour Silver has a beta of 1.67, indicating that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.
14.7% of DRDGOLD shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.1% of Endeavour Silver shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of DRDGOLD shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Endeavour Silver shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
DRDGOLD has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Endeavour Silver's net margin of -0.72%. DRDGOLD's return on equity of 0.00% beat Endeavour Silver's return on equity.
In the previous week, DRDGOLD had 10 more articles in the media than Endeavour Silver. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for DRDGOLD and 2 mentions for Endeavour Silver. DRDGOLD's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Endeavour Silver's score of 0.45 indicating that DRDGOLD is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary DRDGOLD beats Endeavour Silver on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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