GATO vs. DRD, ARMN, TGB, EXK, NFGC, MUX, VZLA, PPTA, ODV, and SA
Should you be buying Gatos Silver stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gatos Silver include DRDGOLD (DRD), Aris Mining (ARMN), Taseko Mines (TGB), Endeavour Silver (EXK), New Found Gold (NFGC), McEwen Mining (MUX), Vizsla Silver (VZLA), Perpetua Resources (PPTA), Osisko Development (ODV), and Seabridge Gold (SA). These companies are all part of the "gold & silver ores" industry.
Gatos Silver (NYSE:GATO) and DRDGOLD (NYSE:DRD) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
DRDGOLD has higher revenue and earnings than Gatos Silver.
Gatos Silver has a beta of 2.1, suggesting that its stock price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DRDGOLD has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
44.8% of Gatos Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.7% of DRDGOLD shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Gatos Silver shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of DRDGOLD shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, DRDGOLD had 11 more articles in the media than Gatos Silver. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for DRDGOLD and 2 mentions for Gatos Silver. DRDGOLD's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Gatos Silver's score of 0.39 indicating that DRDGOLD is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Gatos Silver's return on equity of 4.05% beat DRDGOLD's return on equity.
Gatos Silver presently has a consensus target price of $10.25, indicating a potential downside of 13.94%. DRDGOLD has a consensus target price of $15.50, indicating a potential upside of 67.57%. Given DRDGOLD's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe DRDGOLD is more favorable than Gatos Silver.
DRDGOLD received 174 more outperform votes than Gatos Silver when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.20% of users gave DRDGOLD an outperform vote while only 34.62% of users gave Gatos Silver an outperform vote.
Summary
DRDGOLD beats Gatos Silver on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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