GoldMining (GOLD) Competitors

Silvercorp Metals (TSE:SVM) and GoldMining (TSE:GOLD) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and media sentiment.

Is SVM or GOLD more profitable?

Silvercorp Metals has a net margin of 23.07% compared to GoldMining's net margin of 0.00%. Silvercorp Metals' return on equity of 9.91% beat GoldMining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Silvercorp Metals	23.07%	9.91%	6.54%
GoldMining	N/A	-18.41%	-12.10%

Which has more risk & volatility, SVM or GOLD?

Silvercorp Metals has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GoldMining has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate SVM or GOLD?

Silvercorp Metals currently has a consensus target price of C$7.25, suggesting a potential upside of 39.96%. Given Silvercorp Metals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Silvercorp Metals is more favorable than GoldMining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Silvercorp Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50
GoldMining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SVM or GOLD?

Silvercorp Metals received 100 more outperform votes than GoldMining when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 88.89% of users gave GoldMining an outperform vote while only 52.68% of users gave Silvercorp Metals an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Silvercorp Metals	Outperform Votes 108 52.68%	Underperform Votes 97 47.32%
GoldMining	Outperform Votes 8 88.89%	Underperform Votes 1 11.11%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SVM or GOLD?

31.9% of Silvercorp Metals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.9% of GoldMining shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of Silvercorp Metals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of GoldMining shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, SVM or GOLD?

Silvercorp Metals has higher revenue and earnings than GoldMining. GoldMining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Silvercorp 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
Silvercorp Metals	C$181.44M	4.37	C$41.86M	C$0.39	13.32
GoldMining	N/A	N/A	-C$24.12M	-C$0.12	-9.37

Does the media favor SVM or GOLD?

In the previous week, GoldMining had 1 more articles in the media than Silvercorp Metals. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for GoldMining and 1 mentions for Silvercorp Metals. Silvercorp Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat GoldMining's score of 0.22 indicating that Silvercorp Metals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Silvercorp Metals	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
GoldMining	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Silvercorp Metals beats GoldMining on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.