AUST vs. VGZ, HYMC, GORO, CHNR, AUMN, HYMCW, HYMCL, ODVWZ, AEM, and WPM
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 Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM). 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 better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and dividends.
In the previous week, Vista Gold had 2 more articles in the media than Austin Gold. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Vista Gold and 0 mentions for Austin Gold. Vista Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Austin Gold's score of 0.00 indicating that Vista Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Austin Gold has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vista Gold has a beta of 1.72, indicating that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Vista Gold received 3 more outperform votes than Austin Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Austin Gold an outperform vote while only 8.93% of users gave Vista Gold an outperform vote.
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.
62.1% of Austin Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.3% of Vista Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 70.7% of Austin Gold shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Vista Gold shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Vista Gold has a consensus target price of $2.75, indicating a potential upside of 337.90%. Given Vista Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Vista Gold is more favorable than Austin Gold.
Vista Gold's return on equity of 93.43% beat Austin Gold's return on equity.
Summary
Vista Gold beats Austin Gold on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:AUST) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
