Reviewing U.S. GoldMining (USGO) and Its Rivals

U.S. GoldMining (NASDAQ:USGO) is one of 51 publicly-traded companies in the “MINING – GOLD” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare U.S. GoldMining to related companies based on the strength of its profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and earnings.

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	-154.22%	-134.61%
U.S. GoldMining Competitors	-64.06%	9.90%	7.00%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for U.S. GoldMining and its competitors, as provided 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	382	2132	2548	116	2.46

U.S. GoldMining currently has a consensus target price of $26.50, indicating a potential upside of 176.33%. As a group, “MINING – GOLD” companies have a potential upside of 6.00%. 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 competitors.

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
U.S. GoldMining	N/A	-$8.48 million	-13.51
U.S. GoldMining Competitors	$2.70 billion	$498.10 million	-9.15

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

Institutional and Insider Ownership

0.5% of U.S. GoldMining shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.4% of shares of all “MINING – GOLD” companies are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of U.S. GoldMining shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of shares of all “MINING – GOLD” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Risk & 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 competitors have a beta of -0.97, meaning that their average stock price is 197% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

U.S. GoldMining competitors beat U.S. GoldMining on 8 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.