IAUX vs. PPTA, SKE, SA, EXK, CGAU, VZLA, TGB, GROY, NFGC, and ODV
Should you be buying i-80 Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of i-80 Gold include Perpetua Resources (PPTA), Skeena Resources (SKE), Seabridge Gold (SA), Endeavour Silver (EXK), Centerra Gold (CGAU), Vizsla Silver (VZLA), Taseko Mines (TGB), Gold Royalty (GROY), New Found Gold (NFGC), and Osisko Development (ODV). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
i-80 Gold vs. Its Competitors
Perpetua Resources (NASDAQ:PPTA) and i-80 Gold (NYSE:IAUX) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and media sentiment.
70.1% of Perpetua Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.3% of i-80 Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Perpetua Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of i-80 Gold shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Perpetua Resources has higher earnings, but lower revenue than i-80 Gold. Perpetua Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than i-80 Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Perpetua Resources had 4 more articles in the media than i-80 Gold. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Perpetua Resources and 2 mentions for i-80 Gold. Perpetua Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat i-80 Gold's score of -0.15 indicating that Perpetua Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Perpetua Resources has a beta of -0.02, meaning that its stock price is 102% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, i-80 Gold has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Perpetua Resources currently has a consensus price target of $22.25, suggesting a potential upside of 25.49%. i-80 Gold has a consensus price target of $1.50, suggesting a potential upside of 97.37%. Given i-80 Gold's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe i-80 Gold is more favorable than Perpetua Resources.
Perpetua Resources has a net margin of 0.00% compared to i-80 Gold's net margin of -231.43%. Perpetua Resources' return on equity of -11.07% beat i-80 Gold's return on equity.
Summary
Perpetua Resources beats i-80 Gold on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:IAUX) was last updated on 8/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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