USAU vs. WWR, NB, ASM, AMLI, GORO, HYFM, CGA, LODE, VGZ, and USGO
Should you be buying U.S. Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of U.S. Gold include Westwater Resources (WWR), NioCorp Developments (NB), Avino Silver & Gold Mines (ASM), American Lithium (AMLI), Gold Resource (GORO), Hydrofarm Holdings Group (HYFM), China Green Agriculture (CGA), Comstock (LODE), Vista Gold (VGZ), and U.S. GoldMining (USGO). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
U.S. Gold (NASDAQ:USAU) and Westwater Resources (NASDAQ:WWR) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
In the previous week, U.S. Gold and U.S. Gold both had 8 articles in the media. U.S. Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Westwater Resources' score of 0.62 indicating that U.S. Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.
U.S. Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Westwater Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
U.S. Gold currently has a consensus price target of $14.50, suggesting a potential upside of 143.70%. Given U.S. Gold's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe U.S. Gold is more favorable than Westwater Resources.
U.S. Gold has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Westwater Resources has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Westwater Resources received 140 more outperform votes than U.S. Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.82% of users gave U.S. Gold an outperform vote while only 65.83% of users gave Westwater Resources an outperform vote.
6.6% of U.S. Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.7% of Westwater Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.8% of U.S. Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Westwater Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Westwater Resources' return on equity of -5.96% beat U.S. Gold's return on equity.
Summary
Westwater Resources beats U.S. Gold on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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