Financial Analysis: U.S. GoldMining (USGO) & The Competition

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

Volatility and Risk

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

Profitability

This table compares U.S. GoldMining and its rivals’ 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%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

0.5% of U.S. GoldMining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.9% of shares of all “Gold & silver ores” companies are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of U.S. GoldMining shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of shares of all “Gold & silver ores” companies 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.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares U.S. GoldMining and its rivals revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
U.S. GoldMining	N/A	-$9.36 million	-13.52
U.S. GoldMining Competitors	$4.93 billion	-$62.19 million	-16.64

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for U.S. GoldMining and its rivals, 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, suggesting a potential upside of 176.04%. As a group, “Gold & silver ores” companies have a potential upside of 6.10%. Given U.S. GoldMining’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe U.S. GoldMining is more favorable than its rivals.

Summary

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

About U.S. GoldMining

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.