NFGC vs. DRD, EXK, GATO, TGB, ARMN, MUX, VZLA, PPTA, SA, and CGAU
Should you be buying New Found Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of New Found Gold include DRDGOLD (DRD), Endeavour Silver (EXK), Gatos Silver (GATO), Taseko Mines (TGB), Aris Mining (ARMN), McEwen Mining (MUX), Vizsla Silver (VZLA), Perpetua Resources (PPTA), Seabridge Gold (SA), and Centerra Gold (CGAU). These companies are all part of the "gold & silver ores" industry.
New Found Gold (NYSE:NFGC) and DRDGOLD (NYSE:DRD) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and valuation.
DRDGOLD's return on equity of 0.00% beat New Found Gold's return on equity.
In the previous week, DRDGOLD had 10 more articles in the media than New Found Gold. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for DRDGOLD and 3 mentions for New Found Gold. New Found Gold's average media sentiment score of 2.20 beat DRDGOLD's score of 0.53 indicating that New Found Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.
New Found Gold presently has a consensus target price of $9.00, suggesting a potential upside of 138.10%. DRDGOLD has a consensus target price of $15.50, suggesting a potential upside of 67.57%. Given New Found Gold's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe New Found Gold is more favorable than DRDGOLD.
DRDGOLD received 175 more outperform votes than New Found Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave New Found Gold an outperform vote while only 60.20% of users gave DRDGOLD an outperform vote.
New Found Gold has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DRDGOLD has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
3.4% of New Found Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.7% of DRDGOLD shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of DRDGOLD shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
DRDGOLD has higher revenue and earnings than New Found Gold.
Summary
DRDGOLD beats New Found Gold on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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