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$1.79 -0.08 (-4.28%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

AUST vs. VGZ, HYMC, GORO, CHNR, AUMN, HYMCW, HYMCL, ODVWZ, AEM, and FNV

Should you be buying Austin Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Austin Gold include Vista Gold (VGZ), Hycroft Mining (HYMC), Gold Resource (GORO), China Natural Resources (CHNR), Golden Minerals (AUMN), Hycroft Mining (HYMCW), Hycroft Mining (HYMCL), Osisko Development (ODVWZ), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), and Franco-Nevada (FNV). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.

Austin Gold vs.

Austin Gold (NYSE:AUST) and Vista Gold (NYSE:VGZ) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings.

Vista Gold received 2 more outperform votes than Austin Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Austin Gold an outperform vote while only 7.27% of users gave Vista Gold an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Austin GoldOutperform Votes
2
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes
Vista GoldOutperform Votes
4
7.27%
Underperform Votes
51
92.73%

In the previous week, Vista Gold had 1 more articles in the media than Austin Gold. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Vista Gold and 1 mentions for Austin Gold. Vista Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Austin Gold's score of -0.24 indicating that Vista Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Austin Gold
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Vista Gold
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Austin GoldN/AN/A-$4M-$0.31-5.77
Vista GoldN/AN/A-$6.59M$0.096.37

Vista Gold has a consensus price target of $2.75, indicating a potential upside of 379.93%. Given Vista Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Vista Gold is more favorable than Austin Gold.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Austin Gold
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Vista Gold
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Austin Gold has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vista Gold has a beta of 1.73, meaning that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Vista Gold's return on equity of 93.43% beat Austin Gold's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Austin GoldN/A -37.85% -36.54%
Vista Gold N/A 93.43%68.97%

62.1% of Austin Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.3% of Vista Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 70.7% of Austin Gold shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Vista Gold shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Vista Gold beats Austin Gold on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AUST vs. The Competition

MetricAustin GoldGold & silver ores IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$24.82M$3.74B$2.82B$19.96B
Dividend YieldN/A1.93%5.26%3.49%
P/E Ratio-5.7711.14110.8436.42
Price / SalesN/A9.09591,955.6317.94
Price / CashN/A18.1323.4221.28
Price / Book2.422.553.324.59
Net Income-$4M$1.29M$149.36M$985.93M
7 Day Performance0.85%2.48%0.66%0.45%
1 Month Performance-29.67%-13.92%1.43%1.05%
1 Year Performance145.21%37.15%27.39%24.67%

Austin Gold Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AUST
Austin Gold
N/A$1.79
-4.3%
N/A+141.3%$24.82MN/A-5.77N/A
VGZ
Vista Gold
2.5134 of 5 stars
$0.57
flat
$2.75
+379.9%
+84.9%$70.69MN/A6.3810
HYMC
Hycroft Mining
0.0115 of 5 stars
$2.45
flat
N/A+13.4%$60.65M$33.23M0.00100
GORO
Gold Resource
2.1102 of 5 stars
$0.14
-6.7%
$1.75
+1,160.8%
N/A$13.23M$73.90M-0.2810
CHNR
China Natural Resources
0.8013 of 5 stars
$0.64
+1.6%
N/A-62.9%$6.22M$2.94M0.0080Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
AUMN
Golden Minerals
1.9308 of 5 stars
$0.28
flat
$1.50
+440.9%
-44.0%$4.22M$12M0.00194News Coverage
HYMCW
Hycroft Mining
N/A$0.01
flat
N/A+29.8%$0.00$11.47M0.00100Gap Down
HYMCL
Hycroft Mining
N/A$0.02
flat
N/A+82.4%$0.00$11.47M0.00100
ODVWZ
Osisko Development
N/A$0.25
flat
N/AN/A$0.00$11.47M0.00118Gap Up
AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines
4.1196 of 5 stars
$82.82
+0.4%
$86.78
+4.8%
+70.4%$41.40B$6.63B41.4115,875Positive News
FNV
Franco-Nevada
3.6458 of 5 stars
$121.49
+0.2%
$148.86
+22.5%
+3.1%$23.34B$1.22B0.0040Analyst Upgrade

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This page (NYSE:AUST) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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