DRD vs. EXK, NFGC, GATO, TGB, ARMN, MUX, VZLA, PPTA, SA, and CGAU
Should you be buying DRDGOLD stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DRDGOLD include Endeavour Silver (EXK), New Found Gold (NFGC), Gatos Silver (GATO), Taseko Mines (TGB), Aris Mining (ARMN), McEwen Mining (MUX), Vizsla Silver (VZLA), Perpetua Resources (PPTA), Seabridge Gold (SA), and Centerra Gold (CGAU). These companies are all part of the "gold & silver ores" industry.
Endeavour Silver (NYSE:EXK) and DRDGOLD (NYSE:DRD) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, DRDGOLD had 10 more articles in the media than Endeavour Silver. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for DRDGOLD and 2 mentions for Endeavour Silver. Endeavour Silver's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat DRDGOLD's score of 0.45 indicating that DRDGOLD is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Endeavour Silver received 201 more outperform votes than DRDGOLD when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.20% of users gave DRDGOLD an outperform vote while only 58.18% of users gave Endeavour Silver an outperform vote.
DRDGOLD has a net margin of 0.00% compared to DRDGOLD's net margin of -0.72%. Endeavour Silver's return on equity of 0.00% beat DRDGOLD's return on equity.
Endeavour Silver presently has a consensus target price of $7.13, indicating a potential upside of 84.11%. DRDGOLD has a consensus target price of $15.50, indicating a potential upside of 67.57%. Given DRDGOLD's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Endeavour Silver is more favorable than DRDGOLD.
20.1% of Endeavour Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.7% of DRDGOLD shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Endeavour Silver shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of DRDGOLD shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
DRDGOLD has higher revenue and earnings than Endeavour Silver.
Endeavour Silver has a beta of 1.67, meaning that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DRDGOLD has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
DRDGOLD beats Endeavour Silver on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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