Critical Analysis: U.S. GoldMining (USGO) & Its Rivals

U.S. GoldMining (NASDAQ:USGO) is one of 114 publicly-traded companies in the “Gold & silver ores” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare U.S. GoldMining to related businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability and valuation.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.5% of U.S. GoldMining shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.9% of shares of all “Gold & silver ores” companies are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of U.S. GoldMining shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of shares of all “Gold & silver ores” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

U.S. GoldMining has a beta of 2.42, suggesting that its share price is 142% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, U.S. GoldMining’s competitors have a beta of 0.80, suggesting that their average share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for U.S. GoldMining and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
U.S. GoldMining	0	0	1	0	3.00
U.S. GoldMining Competitors	1169	3438	4306	157	2.38

U.S. GoldMining currently has a consensus price target of $26.50, indicating a potential upside of 174.61%. As a group, “Gold & silver ores” companies have a potential upside of 5.88%. Given U.S. GoldMining’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe U.S. GoldMining is more favorable than its competitors.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares U.S. GoldMining and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
U.S. GoldMining	N/A	-$9.36 million	-13.59
U.S. GoldMining Competitors	$4.93 billion	-$62.19 million	-15.92

U.S. GoldMining’s competitors have higher revenue, but lower earnings than U.S. GoldMining. U.S. GoldMining is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares U.S. GoldMining and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
U.S. GoldMining	N/A	-71.04%	-65.02%
U.S. GoldMining Competitors	-58.41%	4.27%	3.38%

Summary

U.S. GoldMining beats its competitors on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

U.S. GoldMining Company Profile

U.S. GoldMining Inc., an exploration stage company, engages in the exploration and development of mineral properties in the United States. The company's primary asset is the 100%-owned Whistler exploration property, a gold-copper exploration project comprising mining claims totaling 53,700 acres located in Yentna Mining District, Alaska. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Vancouver, Canada. U.S. GoldMining Inc. operates as a subsidiary of GoldMining Inc.