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NovaGold Resources (NG) Competitors

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C$3.71 -0.27 (-6.78%)
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NG vs. IMG, AG, EQX, NVA, SKE, NDM, SVM, PPTA, NSR, and TMQ

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

NovaGold Resources vs.

IAMGOLD (TSE:IMG) and NovaGold Resources (TSE:NG) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

IAMGOLD received 358 more outperform votes than NovaGold Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.41% of users gave IAMGOLD an outperform vote while only 20.00% of users gave NovaGold Resources an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
IAMGOLDOutperform Votes
359
52.41%
Underperform Votes
326
47.59%
NovaGold ResourcesOutperform Votes
1
20.00%
Underperform Votes
4
80.00%

In the previous week, IAMGOLD had 3 more articles in the media than NovaGold Resources. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for IAMGOLD and 1 mentions for NovaGold Resources. NovaGold Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat IAMGOLD's score of 0.43 indicating that NovaGold Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

64.8% of IAMGOLD shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.4% of NovaGold Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of IAMGOLD shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.5% of NovaGold Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
IAMGOLDC$1.12B2.90C$557.06MC$1.934.16
NovaGold ResourcesN/AN/A-C$32.52M-C$0.19-19.37

IAMGOLD presently has a consensus target price of C$9.05, indicating a potential upside of 12.84%. NovaGold Resources has a consensus target price of C$7.00, indicating a potential upside of 88.68%. Given NovaGold Resources' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe NovaGold Resources is more favorable than IAMGOLD.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
IAMGOLD
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.17
NovaGold Resources
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

IAMGOLD has a net margin of 49.57% compared to NovaGold Resources' net margin of 0.00%. NovaGold Resources' return on equity of 141.66% beat IAMGOLD's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
IAMGOLD49.57% 27.91% 2.54%
NovaGold Resources N/A 141.66%-12.05%

IAMGOLD has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NovaGold Resources has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

IAMGOLD beats NovaGold Resources on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NG vs. The Competition

MetricNovaGold ResourcesGold IndustryMaterials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$884.25MC$1.34BC$2.82BC$5.30B
Dividend YieldN/A5.99%5.13%6.44%
P/E Ratio-19.37344.0073.5829.31
Price / SalesN/A174,304,593,677,623,000.0023,069,725,634,300,600.00518.34
Price / CashN/A21.9724.3383.21
Price / Book-26.165.304.863.29
Net Income-C$32.52MC$8.80MC$153.99MC$300.28M
7 Day Performance-12.09%-3.00%-3.87%-7.18%
1 Month Performance-17.37%4.36%1.88%-5.31%
1 Year Performance-9.95%30.53%10.70%5.15%

NovaGold Resources Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NG
NovaGold Resources
1.6951 of 5 stars
C$3.71
-6.8%
C$7.00
+88.7%
-11.6%C$884.25MN/A-19.3710
IMG
IAMGOLD
2.453 of 5 stars
C$8.51
-1.6%
C$8.68
+1.9%
+86.0%C$3.46BC$1.12B4.425,360Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
AG
First Majestic Silver
0.1287 of 5 stars
C$9.96
+0.2%
C$7.25
-27.2%
N/AC$3.37BC$621.80M-25.825,290News Coverage
EQX
Equinox Gold
N/AC$9.70
-0.9%
N/A+5.8%C$3.12BC$1.08B10.287,730News Coverage
NVA
NuVista Energy
3.7114 of 5 stars
C$12.77
+0.2%
C$17.54
+37.3%
+7.4%C$2.61BC$1.22B8.9388Gap Down
SKE
Skeena Resources
N/AC$14.65
-3.4%
C$17.04
+16.3%
+109.8%C$1.61BN/A-8.8560Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
NDM
Northern Dynasty Minerals
N/AC$1.65
+26.0%
N/A+252.4%C$896.21MN/A-52.30N/AGap Up
High Trading Volume
SVM
Silvercorp Metals
2.6885 of 5 stars
C$5.79
+0.3%
C$7.25
+25.2%
+1.6%C$885.91MC$181.44M14.881,330
PPTA
Perpetua Resources
1.4803 of 5 stars
C$15.96
+0.9%
C$19.00
+19.0%
+137.6%C$797.18MN/A-34.6733Insider Trade
News Coverage
NSR
Nomad Royalty
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$594.42MC$31.28M967.006
TMQ
Trilogy Metals
0.9132 of 5 stars
C$2.94
+14.4%
C$2.00
-32.0%
+223.2%C$332.59MN/A-32.975Analyst Forecast
Positive News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
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This page (TSE:NG) was last updated on 4/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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