PLG vs. NFGC, ODV, GROY, IAUX, VOXR, USGO, TRX, VGZ, 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), Osisko Development (ODV), Gold Royalty (GROY), i-80 Gold (IAUX), Vox Royalty (VOXR), U.S. GoldMining (USGO), TRX Gold (TRX), Vista Gold (VGZ), 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 superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk and dividends.
New Found Gold received 8 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.
New Found Gold currently has a consensus price target of $9.00, suggesting a potential upside of 426.32%. Given New Found Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe New Found Gold is more favorable than Platinum Group Metals.
New Found Gold has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Platinum Group Metals has a beta of 1.76, meaning that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Platinum Group Metals' return on equity of -9.48% beat New Found Gold's return on equity.
In the previous week, New Found Gold had 1 more articles in the media than Platinum Group Metals. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for New Found Gold and 1 mentions for Platinum Group Metals. Platinum Group Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat New Found Gold's score of 0.00 indicating that Platinum Group Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Platinum Group Metals beats New Found Gold on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:PLG) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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