Dakota Gold (DC) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders believe in DC or MTAL?

37.4% of Dakota Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.5% of Metals Acquisition shares are held by institutional investors. 26.0% of Dakota Gold shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Metals Acquisition shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is DC or MTAL more profitable?

Metals Acquisition's return on equity of 0.00% beat Dakota Gold's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dakota Gold	N/A	-37.64%	-35.60%
Metals Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, DC or MTAL?

Dakota Gold has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Metals Acquisition.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dakota Gold	N/A	N/A	-$36.45M	-$0.41	-5.49
Metals Acquisition	$159M	4.89	-$144.55M	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility and risk, DC or MTAL?

Dakota Gold has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Metals Acquisition has a beta of 0.16, meaning that its share price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer DC or MTAL?

Dakota Gold presently has a consensus price target of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 166.67%. Metals Acquisition has a consensus price target of $14.75, indicating a potential upside of 40.54%. Given Dakota Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Dakota Gold is more favorable than Metals Acquisition.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dakota Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Metals Acquisition	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media prefer DC or MTAL?

In the previous week, Metals Acquisition had 4 more articles in the media than Dakota Gold. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Metals Acquisition and 2 mentions for Dakota Gold. Dakota Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Metals Acquisition's score of -0.15 indicating that Dakota Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Dakota Gold	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Metals Acquisition	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DC or MTAL?

Metals Acquisition received 6 more outperform votes than Dakota Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Dakota Gold an outperform vote while only 75.00% of users gave Metals Acquisition an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Dakota Gold	Outperform Votes 3 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Metals Acquisition	Outperform Votes 9 75.00%	Underperform Votes 3 25.00%

Summary

Dakota Gold beats Metals Acquisition on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.