Dakota Gold (DC) Competitors

Ero Copper (NYSE:ERO) and Dakota Gold (NYSE:DC) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, community ranking, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.

Do analysts rate ERO or DC?

Ero Copper presently has a consensus price target of $26.33, suggesting a potential upside of 121.29%. Dakota Gold has a consensus price target of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 172.73%. Given Dakota Gold's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Dakota Gold is more favorable than Ero Copper.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ero Copper	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.10
Dakota Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media refer more to ERO or DC?

In the previous week, Ero Copper had 27 more articles in the media than Dakota Gold. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Ero Copper and 1 mentions for Dakota Gold. Ero Copper's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Dakota Gold's score of 0.00 indicating that Ero Copper is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ero Copper	8 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Dakota Gold	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ERO or DC?

Ero Copper received 11 more outperform votes than Dakota Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Dakota Gold an outperform vote while only 35.71% of users gave Ero Copper an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ero Copper	Outperform Votes 15 35.71%	Underperform Votes 27 64.29%
Dakota Gold	Outperform Votes 4 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Which has more volatility and risk, ERO or DC?

Ero Copper has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dakota Gold has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ERO or DC?

71.3% of Ero Copper shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.4% of Dakota Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.0% of Dakota Gold shares are owned 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.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, ERO or DC?

Ero Copper has higher revenue and earnings than Dakota Gold. Ero Copper is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dakota Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ero Copper	$470.26M	2.62	$92.80M	-$0.67	-17.76
Dakota Gold	N/A	N/A	-$36.45M	-$0.37	-7.43

Is ERO or DC more profitable?

Ero Copper has a net margin of 3.67% compared to Dakota Gold's net margin of 0.00%. Ero Copper's return on equity of 11.30% beat Dakota Gold's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ero Copper	3.67%	11.30%	5.62%
Dakota Gold	N/A	-37.64%	-35.60%

Summary

Ero Copper beats Dakota Gold on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.