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PLG vs. NFGC, IAUX, GROY, ODV, VOXR, USGO, VGZ, TRX, HYMC, and GORO

Should you be buying Platinum Group Metals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Platinum Group Metals include New Found Gold (NFGC), i-80 Gold (IAUX), Gold Royalty (GROY), Osisko Development (ODV), Vox Royalty (VOXR), U.S. GoldMining (USGO), Vista Gold (VGZ), TRX Gold (TRX), Hycroft Mining (HYMC), and Gold Resource (GORO). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.

Platinum Group Metals vs.

New Found Gold (NYSE:NFGC) and Platinum Group Metals (NYSE:PLG) 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 institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.

3.4% of New Found Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.3% of Platinum Group Metals shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Platinum Group Metals 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.

In the previous week, New Found Gold had 2 more articles in the media than Platinum Group Metals. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for New Found Gold and 2 mentions for Platinum Group Metals. Platinum Group Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat New Found Gold's score of 0.00 indicating that Platinum Group Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
New Found Gold
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Platinum Group Metals
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Platinum Group Metals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than New Found Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
New Found GoldN/AN/A-$59.18M-$0.19-5.61
Platinum Group MetalsN/AN/A-$4.61M-$0.06-20.90

New Found Gold currently has a consensus price target of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 369.48%. Given New Found Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe New Found Gold is more favorable than Platinum Group Metals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
New Found Gold
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Platinum Group Metals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Platinum Group Metals' return on equity of -10.13% beat New Found Gold's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
New Found GoldN/A -82.80% -68.88%
Platinum Group Metals N/A -10.13%-9.69%

New Found Gold has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Platinum Group Metals has a beta of 1.8, indicating that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.

New Found Gold received 9 more outperform votes than Platinum Group Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 100.00% of users gave New Found Gold an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Platinum Group Metals an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
New Found GoldOutperform Votes
9
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes
Platinum Group MetalsOutperform Votes
No Votes
Underperform Votes
7
100.00%

Summary

Platinum Group Metals beats New Found Gold on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PLG vs. The Competition

MetricPlatinum Group MetalsGold & silver ores IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$129.09M$4.35B$3.14B$19.72B
Dividend YieldN/A1.81%5.14%3.75%
P/E Ratio-20.9023.6382.5633.84
Price / SalesN/A9.5825,591,212,775,402,100.0028.36
Price / CashN/A21.1524.3217.54
Price / Book2.562.995.114.61
Net Income-$4.61M$36.41M$153.88M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-4.27%-1.12%0.20%-0.18%
1 Month Performance1.95%9.69%5.23%-2.65%
1 Year Performance10.97%47.45%30.36%6.84%

Platinum Group Metals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PLG
Platinum Group Metals
N/A$1.25
-3.1%
N/A+15.2%$128.67MN/A-20.8310Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
NFGC
New Found Gold
1.0155 of 5 stars
$1.83
flat
$5.00
+173.2%
-66.3%$366.84MN/A-8.3298News Coverage
IAUX
i-80 Gold
2.001 of 5 stars
$0.74
+6.5%
$3.50
+376.2%
N/A$325.14M$52.94M-2.0480News Coverage
GROY
Gold Royalty
2.117 of 5 stars
$1.56
+3.3%
$3.31
+112.3%
N/A$263.75M$7.76M-12.004Analyst Revision
ODV
Osisko Development
0.4567 of 5 stars
$1.35
-1.1%
N/A-29.4%$183.74M$11.47M-0.74310Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
VOXR
Vox Royalty
0.6894 of 5 stars
$2.65
+2.7%
N/A+40.8%$134.45M$11.05M-88.333Short Interest ↓
Gap Up
USGO
U.S. GoldMining
1.9324 of 5 stars
$10.22
+4.5%
$26.50
+159.3%
+97.0%$127.19MN/A0.006Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
VGZ
Vista Gold
1.4794 of 5 stars
$0.76
+4.4%
$2.75
+260.8%
+62.2%$94.32MN/A8.4710
TRX
TRX Gold
2.2414 of 5 stars
$0.32
+0.9%
$1.63
+403.1%
-15.3%$91.05M$44.28M0.00120News Coverage
HYMC
Hycroft Mining
0.2582 of 5 stars
$2.96
+5.0%
N/A+60.4%$73.95M$33.23M-1.11100Positive News
GORO
Gold Resource
2.0309 of 5 stars
$0.48
-1.9%
$1.25
+159.4%
+69.4%$45.94M$73.90M-0.9810Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
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This page (NYSE:PLG) was last updated on 3/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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