Platinum Group Metals (PLG) Competitors

Gold Royalty (NYSE:GROY) and Platinum Group Metals (NYSE:PLG) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Which has better earnings and valuation, GROY or PLG?

Platinum Group Metals has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Gold Royalty. Gold Royalty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Platinum Group Metals, 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 Royalty	$12.38M	41.94	-$26.76M	-$0.01	-304.50
Platinum Group Metals	N/A	N/A	-$4.61M	-$0.04	-37.38

Does the media refer more to GROY or PLG?

In the previous week, Gold Royalty had 26 more articles in the media than Platinum Group Metals. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Gold Royalty and 1 mentions for Platinum Group Metals. Gold Royalty's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Platinum Group Metals' score of 0.00 indicating that Gold Royalty is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Gold Royalty	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Platinum Group Metals	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer GROY or PLG?

Gold Royalty presently has a consensus price target of $4.18, suggesting a potential upside of 37.38%. Given Gold Royalty's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Gold Royalty is more favorable than Platinum Group Metals.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gold Royalty	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 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

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of GROY or PLG?

33.8% of Gold Royalty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.3% of Platinum Group Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Platinum Group Metals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is GROY or PLG more profitable?

Platinum Group Metals has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Gold Royalty's net margin of -252.16%. Gold Royalty's return on equity of 0.46% beat Platinum Group Metals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gold Royalty	-252.16%	0.46%	0.35%
Platinum Group Metals	N/A	-10.13%	-9.69%

Which has more risk & volatility, GROY or PLG?

Gold Royalty has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Platinum Group Metals has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Gold Royalty beats Platinum Group Metals on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.