New Found Gold (NFGC) Competitors

Fortuna Silver Mines (NYSE:FSM) and New Found Gold (NYSE:NFGC) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FSM or NFGC?

Fortuna Silver Mines received 331 more outperform votes than New Found Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave New Found Gold an outperform vote while only 53.39% of users gave Fortuna Silver Mines an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fortuna Silver Mines	Outperform Votes 339 53.39%	Underperform Votes 296 46.61%
New Found Gold	Outperform Votes 8 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Is FSM or NFGC more profitable?

Fortuna Silver Mines has a net margin of 2.45% compared to New Found Gold's net margin of 0.00%. Fortuna Silver Mines' return on equity of 10.08% beat New Found Gold's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fortuna Silver Mines	2.45%	10.08%	6.87%
New Found Gold	N/A	-82.80%	-68.88%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, FSM or NFGC?

Fortuna Silver Mines has higher revenue and earnings than New Found Gold. New Found Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fortuna Silver Mines, 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
Fortuna Silver Mines	$842.43M	1.74	-$50.84M	$0.08	58.51
New Found Gold	N/A	N/A	-$59.18M	-$0.22	-8.45

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in FSM or NFGC?

33.8% of Fortuna Silver Mines shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.4% of New Found Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Fortuna Silver Mines shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor FSM or NFGC?

In the previous week, Fortuna Silver Mines and Fortuna Silver Mines both had 2 articles in the media. New Found Gold's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Fortuna Silver Mines' score of 0.39 indicating that New Found Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Fortuna Silver Mines	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
New Found Gold	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts prefer FSM or NFGC?

Fortuna Silver Mines presently has a consensus target price of $6.50, suggesting a potential upside of 38.89%. New Found Gold has a consensus target price of $9.00, suggesting a potential upside of 383.87%. Given New Found Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe New Found Gold is more favorable than Fortuna Silver Mines.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fortuna Silver Mines	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
New Found Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk and volatility, FSM or NFGC?

Fortuna Silver Mines has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, New Found Gold has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Fortuna Silver Mines beats New Found Gold on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.