Gold Resource (GORO) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GORO or AUST?

Gold Resource and Austin Gold both received 2 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Austin Gold an outperform vote while only 6.25% of users gave Gold Resource an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Gold Resource	Outperform Votes 2 6.25%	Underperform Votes 30 93.75%
Austin Gold	Outperform Votes 2 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Does the media prefer GORO or AUST?

In the previous week, Gold Resource and Gold Resource both had 1 articles in the media. Gold Resource's average media sentiment score of -0.13 beat Austin Gold's score of -0.24 indicating that Gold Resource is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Which has more volatility and risk, GORO or AUST?

Gold Resource has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Austin Gold has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend GORO or AUST?

Gold Resource presently has a consensus price target of $1.75, indicating a potential upside of 1,160.81%. Given Gold Resource's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Gold Resource is more favorable than Austin Gold.

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

Is GORO or AUST more profitable?

Austin Gold has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Gold Resource's net margin of -61.31%. Gold Resource's return on equity of -35.25% beat Austin Gold's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gold Resource	-61.31%	-35.25%	-16.15%
Austin Gold	N/A	-37.85%	-36.54%

Which has better valuation & earnings, GORO or AUST?

Austin Gold has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Gold Resource. Austin Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gold Resource, 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
Gold Resource	$97.73M	0.14	-$16.02M	-$0.49	-0.28
Austin Gold	N/A	N/A	-$4M	-$0.31	-5.77

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in GORO or AUST?

18.4% of Gold Resource shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.1% of Austin Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Gold Resource shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 70.7% of Austin Gold shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Gold Resource beats Austin Gold on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.