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NovaGold Resources (NG) Competitors

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C$8.31 +0.04 (+0.48%)
As of 08/15/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

NG vs. OR, IMG, AG, NVA, EQX, SKE, PPTA, SVM, NSR, and NDM

Should you be buying NovaGold Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NovaGold Resources include Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), IAMGOLD (IMG), First Majestic Silver (AG), NuVista Energy (NVA), Equinox Gold (EQX), Skeena Resources (SKE), Perpetua Resources (PPTA), Silvercorp Metals (SVM), Nomad Royalty (NSR), and Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.

NovaGold Resources vs. Its Competitors

Osisko Gold Royalties (TSE:OR) and NovaGold Resources (TSE:NG) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.

81.5% of Osisko Gold Royalties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.4% of NovaGold Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Osisko Gold Royalties shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.5% of NovaGold Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

NovaGold Resources has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Osisko Gold Royalties' net margin of -22.14%. NovaGold Resources' return on equity of 141.66% beat Osisko Gold Royalties' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Osisko Gold Royalties-22.14% -3.30% 1.43%
NovaGold Resources N/A 141.66%-12.05%

Osisko Gold Royalties has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NovaGold Resources has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Osisko Gold Royalties had 7 more articles in the media than NovaGold Resources. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Osisko Gold Royalties and 2 mentions for NovaGold Resources. Osisko Gold Royalties' average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat NovaGold Resources' score of 0.20 indicating that Osisko Gold Royalties is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Osisko Gold Royalties
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
NovaGold Resources
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Osisko Gold Royalties currently has a consensus target price of C$35.50, suggesting a potential downside of 15.86%. Given Osisko Gold Royalties' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Osisko Gold Royalties is more favorable than NovaGold Resources.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Osisko Gold Royalties
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
NovaGold Resources
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

NovaGold Resources has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Osisko Gold Royalties. Osisko Gold Royalties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NovaGold Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Osisko Gold RoyaltiesC$248.46M31.71-C$55.01M-C$0.29-143.33
NovaGold ResourcesN/AN/A-C$32.52M-C$0.19-43.38

Summary

Osisko Gold Royalties and NovaGold Resources tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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NG vs. The Competition

MetricNovaGold ResourcesGold IndustryMaterials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$1.98BC$1.96BC$3.34BC$6.38B
Dividend YieldN/A6.07%5.18%6.72%
P/E Ratio-43.38514.59118.2967.51
Price / SalesN/A228,361,081,590,274,000.0030,017,513,221,238,100.001,649.64
Price / CashN/A22.1124.0283.29
Price / Book-58.607.845.874.90
Net Income-C$32.52MC$6.39MC$148.86MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance6.68%1.25%1.23%1.16%
1 Month Performance10.80%7.00%3.74%1.66%
1 Year Performance32.54%53.19%32.30%27.67%

NovaGold Resources Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NG
NovaGold Resources
N/AC$8.31
+0.5%
N/A+32.5%C$1.98BN/A-43.3810News Coverage
Gap Down
OR
Osisko Gold Royalties
0.6172 of 5 stars
C$40.55
+5.2%
C$35.50
-12.5%
+78.3%C$7.57BC$248.46M-137.7630
IMG
IAMGOLD
3.023 of 5 stars
C$10.29
+8.8%
C$13.50
+31.2%
+62.0%C$4.18BC$1.12B5.345,360News Coverage
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
AG
First Majestic Silver
1.0796 of 5 stars
C$11.52
+6.5%
C$7.25
-37.1%
N/AC$3.90BC$621.80M-29.875,290News Coverage
NVA
NuVista Energy
3.8632 of 5 stars
C$14.33
+0.2%
C$17.14
+19.6%
+6.2%C$2.93BC$1.22B10.0288Positive News
EQX
Equinox Gold
1.5696 of 5 stars
C$8.82
+5.6%
C$11.00
+24.7%
+48.3%C$2.84BC$1.08B9.357,730News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
SKE
Skeena Resources
1.4125 of 5 stars
C$20.98
+5.9%
C$21.75
+3.7%
+82.2%C$2.30BN/A-12.6760News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
Gap Down
PPTA
Perpetua Resources
0.507 of 5 stars
C$23.00
+9.8%
C$19.00
-17.4%
+109.7%C$1.15BN/A-49.9733News Coverage
Gap Up
SVM
Silvercorp Metals
1.1622 of 5 stars
C$6.32
+6.0%
C$7.50
+18.7%
+27.4%C$967.00MC$181.44M16.251,330News Coverage
Analyst Revision
NSR
Nomad Royalty
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$594.42MC$31.28M967.006
NDM
Northern Dynasty Minerals
N/AC$1.08
+1.9%
N/A+167.4%C$586.61MN/A-34.23N/A

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This page (TSE:NG) was last updated on 8/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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