AUST vs. GORO, CHNR, AUMN, DRD, HYMCL, NVA, ODVWZ, SBSW, AEM, and B
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), DRDGOLD (DRD), Hycroft Mining (HYMCL), Nova Minerals (NVA), Osisko Development (ODVWZ), Sibanye Gold (SBSW), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), and Barrick Mining (B). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
Austin Gold vs. Its Competitors
Austin Gold (NYSE:AUST) and Gold Resource (NYSE:GORO) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
Austin Gold has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Gold Resource's net margin of -61.31%. Gold Resource's return on equity of -35.25% beat Austin Gold's return on equity.
Gold Resource has a consensus price target of $1.50, indicating a potential upside of 196.91%. Given Gold Resource's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Gold Resource is more favorable than Austin Gold.
In the previous week, Austin Gold had 2 more articles in the media than Gold Resource. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Austin Gold and 1 mentions for Gold Resource. Austin Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Gold Resource's score of 0.00 indicating that Austin Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.
62.1% of Austin Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.4% of Gold Resource shares are held by institutional investors. 70.7% of Austin Gold shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Gold Resource shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Austin Gold has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gold Resource has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Austin Gold has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
Summary
Austin Gold beats Gold Resource on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:AUST) was last updated on 9/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
