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U.S. Gold (USAU) Competitors

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USAU vs. LAR, LAAC, LZM, DC, EU, ASM, WRN, NMG, CRML, and THM

Should you be buying U.S. Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of U.S. Gold include Lithium Argentina (LAR), Lithium Americas (Argentina) (LAAC), Lifezone Metals (LZM), Dakota Gold (DC), enCore Energy (EU), Avino Silver & Gold Mines (ASM), Western Copper & Gold (WRN), Nouveau Monde Graphite (NMG), Critical Metals (CRML), and International Tower Hill Mines (THM). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.

U.S. Gold vs.

U.S. Gold (NASDAQ:USAU) and Lithium Argentina (NYSE:LAR) 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, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.

U.S. Gold currently has a consensus price target of $11.50, indicating a potential upside of 15.58%. Lithium Argentina has a consensus price target of $3.50, indicating a potential upside of 52.84%. Given Lithium Argentina's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lithium Argentina is more favorable than U.S. Gold.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
U.S. Gold
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.33
Lithium Argentina
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

In the previous week, Lithium Argentina had 24 more articles in the media than U.S. Gold. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Lithium Argentina and 2 mentions for U.S. Gold. U.S. Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Lithium Argentina's score of -0.32 indicating that U.S. Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
U.S. Gold
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Lithium Argentina
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Lithium Argentina is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than U.S. Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
U.S. GoldN/AN/A-$6.90M-$1.36-7.32
Lithium ArgentinaN/AN/A$1.29B-$0.09-25.44

U.S. Gold has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lithium Argentina has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Lithium Argentina's return on equity of -1.37% beat U.S. Gold's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
U.S. GoldN/A -59.61% -42.24%
Lithium Argentina N/A -1.37%-1.08%

6.6% of U.S. Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.2% of Lithium Argentina shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.1% of U.S. Gold shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.8% of Lithium Argentina shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

U.S. Gold received 203 more outperform votes than Lithium Argentina when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.34% of users gave U.S. Gold an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Lithium Argentina an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
U.S. GoldOutperform Votes
204
70.34%
Underperform Votes
86
29.66%
Lithium ArgentinaOutperform Votes
1
50.00%
Underperform Votes
1
50.00%

Summary

Lithium Argentina beats U.S. Gold on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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USAU vs. The Competition

MetricU.S. GoldMetal mining IndustryMaterials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$124.24M$7.25B$3.14B$8.30B
Dividend YieldN/A3.44%5.14%4.02%
P/E Ratio-9.9511.6382.9919.25
Price / SalesN/A61.1125,591,212,775,397,000.0094.32
Price / CashN/A21.4824.3234.64
Price / Book5.323.575.104.46
Net Income-$6.90M$605.28M$153.88M$247.07M
7 Day Performance-3.40%-0.17%0.39%0.14%
1 Month Performance19.30%5.95%5.34%-4.39%
1 Year Performance177.93%22.32%30.50%4.85%

U.S. Gold Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
USAU
U.S. Gold
1.6679 of 5 stars
$9.77
-1.9%
$11.50
+17.8%
+174.1%$121.93MN/A-9.774
LAR
Lithium Argentina
2.8892 of 5 stars
$2.30
+3.1%
N/AN/A$372.44MN/A0.30850Analyst Revision
News Coverage
LAAC
Lithium Americas (Argentina)
2.9237 of 5 stars
$2.23
+2.3%
$7.19
+222.3%
-53.1%$361.11MN/A0.2960
LZM
Lifezone Metals
1.4773 of 5 stars
$4.60
+1.5%
$12.50
+171.7%
-43.3%$360.04M$1.02M0.0084Positive News
Gap Up
DC
Dakota Gold
1.6272 of 5 stars
$3.08
-3.1%
$7.50
+143.5%
+24.3%$290.84MN/A-7.5120
EU
enCore Energy
2.3265 of 5 stars
$1.54
+6.2%
$6.50
+322.1%
-64.0%$286.84M$58.33M-5.50N/AOptions Volume
ASM
Avino Silver & Gold Mines
1.4751 of 5 stars
$1.90
+8.6%
$2.07
+8.8%
+216.8%$267.65M$66.18M95.0534High Trading Volume
WRN
Western Copper & Gold
1.8182 of 5 stars
$1.07
+2.9%
$4.25
+299.1%
N/A$211.33MN/A-53.258Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
NMG
Nouveau Monde Graphite
2.7184 of 5 stars
$1.59
+6.0%
$3.00
+88.7%
-23.9%$179.00MN/A-2.48122News Coverage
CRML
Critical Metals
N/A$1.84
-7.1%
N/A-89.3%$149.03MN/A0.004High Trading Volume
THM
International Tower Hill Mines
N/A$0.66
-0.4%
N/AN/A$137.62MN/A-33.103Gap Up
High Trading Volume
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This page (NASDAQ:USAU) was last updated on 3/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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