Head-To-Head Contrast: U.S. GoldMining (USGO) and Its Peers

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 rivals? We will compare U.S. GoldMining to related companies based on the strength of its earnings, risk, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares U.S. GoldMining and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
U.S. GoldMining	N/A	-$9.36 million	-13.94
U.S. GoldMining Competitors	$4.93 billion	-$62.19 million	-18.07

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 breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for U.S. GoldMining and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	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	3445	4315	159	2.38

U.S. GoldMining presently has a consensus target price of $26.50, indicating a potential upside of 167.68%. As a group, “Gold & silver ores” companies have a potential upside of 7.02%. Given U.S. GoldMining’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe U.S. GoldMining is more favorable than its rivals.

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%

Institutional and 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of shares of all “Gold & silver ores” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Risk and Volatility

U.S. GoldMining has a beta of 2.15, meaning that its stock price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, U.S. GoldMining’s rivals have a beta of 0.79, meaning that their average stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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.