PPTA vs. VZLA, ODV, MUX, PLG, TRX, VOXR, NFGC, ARMN, GATO, and DRD
Should you be buying Perpetua Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Perpetua Resources include Vizsla Silver (VZLA), Osisko Development (ODV), McEwen Mining (MUX), Platinum Group Metals (PLG), TRX Gold (TRX), Vox Royalty (VOXR), New Found Gold (NFGC), Aris Mining (ARMN), Gatos Silver (GATO), and DRDGOLD (DRD). These companies are all part of the "gold & silver ores" industry.
Perpetua Resources (NASDAQ:PPTA) and Vizsla Silver (NYSE:VZLA) 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 dividends, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.
Perpetua Resources has a beta of 0.22, meaning that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vizsla Silver has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Perpetua Resources received 6 more outperform votes than Vizsla Silver when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.43% of users gave Vizsla Silver an outperform vote while only 64.00% of users gave Perpetua Resources an outperform vote.
70.1% of Perpetua Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.5% of Vizsla Silver shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Perpetua Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.9% of Vizsla Silver shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Perpetua Resources presently has a consensus price target of $11.63, suggesting a potential upside of 106.12%. Vizsla Silver has a consensus price target of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 145.40%. Given Vizsla Silver's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Vizsla Silver is more favorable than Perpetua Resources.
Vizsla Silver's return on equity of -7.64% beat Perpetua Resources' return on equity.
Vizsla Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Perpetua Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Perpetua Resources had 19 more articles in the media than Vizsla Silver. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Perpetua Resources and 0 mentions for Vizsla Silver. Perpetua Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Vizsla Silver's score of 0.00 indicating that Perpetua Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Vizsla Silver beats Perpetua Resources on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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